A Family Daughter by Maile Meloy
It is 1979, and seven-year-old Abby, the youngest member of the close-knit Santerre family, is trapped indoors with chickenpox during a heat wave. The events of that summer will change her family's lives for ever. In A Family Daughter, Maile Meloy returns to the complicated world of the Santerres. This captivating story of an American family in crisis is told from the view of Abby, a young woman grieving for her father and rediscovering the family she always thought she knew. An engaging and insightful novel about the joys and complications of modern life, A Family Daughter is a delicious read. For everyone who has yet to meet the Santerres, an unmatched pleasure awaits.
'With its humour, athletic sex and explosive secrets, A FAMILY DAUGHTER is the delinquent offspring of LIARS AND SAINTS, and deserves similar success' -- Daily Mail Book of the month: ' You can't help but be caught up by Meloy's enthralling storytelling which alternates between dramatic narrative swoops and tiny moments of emotional acuityA truly original piece of work, (it) establishes Meloy as a writer with an imaginative territory as distinctive and finely worked as that of Anne Tyler' -- Marie Claire 20060401 'The new book is better than the first, but it's hard to separate them. Ms. Meloy's reflections on truth and fiction are best appreciated when the two novels collide... A FAMILY DAUGHTER roams engrossingly from California to Paris to Buenos Aires in ways that make it a big book as well as a swift, slender, graceful one ... This new book has the deep ramifications of more ambitious fiction' -- New York Times 20060401 '[Meloy] ... writes wonderfully well, with an efficiency so lithe it's like watching an athlete' -- Guardian 20060401 'A deliciously duplicitous book, a darkly perceptive examination of American mores disguised as a light family romance.' -- Sunday Telegraph (Seven) 20060401 'A great weekend read' -- Vogue 20060401 'Both compassionate and gripping, A FAMILY DAUGHTER is a wonderful piece of fiction' -- Books Quarterly (Waterstone's) 20060401
Maile Meloy lives in California. Her first novel, Liars and Saints, drew acclaim from readers and reviewers alike. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction, and was selected as a Richard & Judy Summer Read. Her collection of stories, Half In Love, is also available as a John Murray paperback.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719566479 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719566479 |
| Title | A Family Daughter |
| Author | Maile Meloy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2007-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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