Description: Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment, the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of 40--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make.
Brief description:
Laura Kasischke is the author of two novels and three collections of poetry. Her numerous awards include the Alice Fay DiCastagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Bobst Award for Emerging Writers. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES
The intensity of The Life Before Her Eyes is both enhanced and leavened
by Kasischke's masterful and stunning use of imagery; she is as much poet
as novelist, and the melding of the two has produced a work of dark and
lyrical beauty."-Jo Ann Beard, author of The Boys of My Youth