"Alice Adams has an inimitable 'voice'--quick, deft, brilliantly evocative and specific. There is always something special about a story of hers, like a watercolor perfectly executed." --Joyce Carol Oates Award-winning writer Alice Adams, whose major themes were the varied lives of contem
Roses, rhododendron: from the stories of alice adams
โ Scribed by Alice Adams
- Book ID
- 100538092
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Vintage Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Series
- A Vintage Short
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1984899651
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โฆ Synopsis
Famous for illuminating the hidden workings of human relationships, Alice Adams's short stories appeared dozens of times in The New Yorker and was a mainstay of the O. Henry Award collections. From her capstone collection The Stories of Alice Adams, "Roses, Rhododendron" chronicles the power of a lifelong friendship.
When a young Jane Kilgore moves to North Carolina with her superstitious mother, she meets Harriet Farr and finds comfort and stability amongst her family. As Jane's life takes her away from the South, she learns that her relationship with the Farrs shaped her childhood and life thereafter.
โฆ Subjects
FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
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