The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
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The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen
This is a tale of two sisters over seventy years that recovers the vibrant and unforgettable voice of Beverly Jensen, whom Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, said has rewritten the literary history of Maine. In 1916, Idella and Avis Hillock live on the edge of a chilly bluff in New Brunswick, Canada; a hardscrabble world of potato farms, rough men, hard work, and baffling beauty. From Gone, the heartbreaking account of the crisis that changed their lives forever, to the darkly comic Wake, which follows the grown siblings' catastrophic efforts to escort the body of their father Wild Bill Hillock to his funeral, these stories of Idella and Avis offer a compelling and wry vision of two remarkable women. The vivid characters include Idella's philandering husband, her bewilderingly difficult mother-in-law, and Avis, whose serial romantic disasters never quell her irrepressible spirit. Jensen's work evokes a time gone by and reads like an instant American classic.
Beverly Jensen earned an MFA in drama from Southern Methodist University. After her death in 2003, her story Wake was published in the New England Review, included in The Best American Short Stories 2007, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is survived by her husband, Jay Silverman, and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143119296 |
| ISBN 10 | 014311929X |
| Title | The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay |
| Author | Beverly Jensen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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