The Company of Women by Mary Gordon

The Company of Women by Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon's fiction explores the nature of love of religion, of family relationships and, in every sense, illuminates and enhances our lives.

Raised by five intensely religious women and a charismatic, controversial priest, sheltered from the secular world, Felicitas Maria Taylor is intelligent, charming, and desperate for a taste of ordinary happiness. More freedom than she has ever imagined awaits her at Columbia University in the 1960s. There, Felicitas falls in love with the worst man for her--with shattering results. Now she must turn again to the company of the women who love her, as she struggles to embrace the future without betraying the past.

Praise for The Company of Women

A superb, stunningly written novel.--The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm.--Newsday

Pearl, Spending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, and The Other Side are some of Mary Gordon's novels. She's also the author of the memoir The Shadow Man, as well as other nonfiction works. She has won the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the O. Henry Prize in 1997. The Henry Prize is given to the best narrative. She lives in New York City and teaches at Barnard College.

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ISBN 13	9780394505084
ISBN 10	0394505085
Title	The Company of Women
Author	Mary Gordon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House (NY)
Year published	1981-02-12
Number of pages	291
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