A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That
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A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That by Lisa Glatt
Moving back home when her mother is diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, irreverent college instructor Rachel Spark struggles through a series of haphazard romances and broken resolutions before evaluating the impact of love and death on her life. A first novel by the author of A Merciful Bed. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
"An appealingly dark first novel..authentic, substantial and engaging."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Glatt's brave and vulnerable observations channel the provocative writer Anne Sexton....She dares to infuse dark humor where tear-jerking sentimentality would be easier....A powerful debut."
-- The San Diego Union-Tribune
"A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That adds an emphatic exclamation point to the start of a promising career."
-- Vanity Fair
"Razor sharp and exceedingly funny. A heartfelt and troubling book about how things go wrong, time after time, and how we manage in spite of it."
-- Frederick Barthelme
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Glatt's brave and vulnerable observations channel the provocative writer Anne Sexton....She dares to infuse dark humor where tear-jerking sentimentality would be easier....A powerful debut."
-- The San Diego Union-Tribune
"A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That adds an emphatic exclamation point to the start of a promising career."
-- Vanity Fair
"Razor sharp and exceedingly funny. A heartfelt and troubling book about how things go wrong, time after time, and how we manage in spite of it."
-- Frederick Barthelme
Lisa Glatt was the winner of the 2002 Mississippi Review Prize for fiction. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Columbia, Other Voices, Indiana Review, and Swink. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, the poet David Hernandez. Visit her website at www.lisaglatt.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780743257763 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743257766 |
| Title | A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That |
| Author | Lisa Glatt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster |
| Year published | 2005-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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