Spinsters by Pagan Kennedy
It?s 1968, and Frannie and Doris, sisters and spinsters, are finally freed from family ties and constraints when their father dies. Taking off in their Plymouth Valiant they hit the road on a journey through the changing cultural landscape of America - civil rights marches, the assasinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. Frannie longs to return to the safety of her former reclusive life, but Doris just wants to raise hell and get laid. A touching, lyrical, and superbly crafted mid-life coming-of-age tale that was short-listed for the 1996 Orange Prize.
?Kennedy?s version of the traditional road novel allows Frannie to find a voice for her lonliness that becomes clearer with every mile? New York Times Book Review ?Her fiery novel about hearts igniting in the nick of time burns with all the fierce truth of a real classic? Julie Myerson, Mail on Sunday ?It?s impossible not to become involved with these people and the efforts they make to cope with their lives? Time Out
Pagan Kennedy is the author of Stripping and Other Stories. Her debut novel, Spinsters, was short-listed for the 1996 Orange Prize. Her writing appears regularly in The Nation and The Village Voice. She lives in Boston.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852424053 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852424052 |
| Title | Spinsters |
| Author | Pagan Kennedy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-11-16 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1996 |
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