A Good Hard Look
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A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
An absorbing, old-fashioned tale about how, as in Flannery O'Connor's stories, 'Grace changes a person.And change is painful.' -- The Washington Post The celebrated novel from the author of Dear Edward. Forced by illness to leave behind a successful life as a writer in New York, Flannery O'Connor has returned to her family farm in Milledgeville, Georgia. She desires a quiet, solitary existence, but her mother, Regina, drags Flannery to the wedding of a family friend.The embodiment of southern womanhood, Cookie Himmel is Flannery's antithesis and has returned from her time in Manhattan to marry rich fianc , Melvin Whiteson. Lona Waters, a dutiful housewife, is hired by Cookie to help create a perfect home, but when she is given an opportunity to remember what it feels like to be truly alive, and she seizes it with both hands.
In the course of one tragic afternoon, these characters must take a good hard look at the choices they have made and face up to O'Connor's observation that the truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Dear Edward, A Good Hard Look, and Within Arm's Reach are among Ann Napolitano's works. She also works as an associate editor for the literary magazine One Story. She has taught fiction writing at Brooklyn College's MFA program, New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and Gotham Writers Workshop since receiving her MFA. Her husband and two children live in Brooklyn with her.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143121152 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143121154 |
| Title | A Good Hard Look |
| Author | Ann Napolitano |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2012-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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