Description: Set in Brooklyn between the Eisenhower Era and the Age of Disco, this bittersweet novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, whose search for faith and love leads to unexpected consequences.
Brief description:
Binnie Kirshenbaum is the author of An Almost Perfect Moment, On Mermaid Avenue, A Disturbance in One Place, Pure Poetry, Hester Among the Ruins, and History on a Personal Note. She is a professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts, where she is chair of the Graduate Writing Program.
Review Quotes:
"Lays bare [a] collection of Brooklyn souls in the... style of short story masters Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie." - Boston Herald
"Engrossing.... Cinematic, effortlessly beautiful descriptions will spark the reader's imagination, and myriad plot twists and turns will keep you guessing." - Chicago Tribune
"Kirshenbaum lays bare [a] collection of Brooklyn souls in the detached, supremely observational style of short story masters Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie." - Boston Herald
"Funny and compassionate." - Washington Post Book World
"[A] zany, irreverent, cheerful novel.... Bristles with energy and sharpness." - Boston Globe
"Ironic and mystical, tender and edgy, and downright subversive." - Booklist (starred review)
"A quicksilver fable... at once ironic and mystical, tender and edgy, loaded with shtick and downright subversive." - Booklist (Starred review)
"Kirshenbaum...has an original voice and, even better, an original sensibility." - Los Angeles Times