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Idioglossia
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Description
Bolshy demanding eccentric Great Edie is a Jewish immigrant whose aspirations have always been dampened by reality and whose talents she obscures behind a bristling exterior. Her daughter Grace has been incarcerated in an asylum for most of her adult life following a tragedy from which she never recovers. As a result Maggie her only child is brought up by an alcoholic father on board a cruise liner where like him she earns her keep as an entertainer of sorts. Her own daughter Sarah is truly dispossessed and through promiscuous sex seeks the affection denied to her as a child.
Though disparate their lives have a curious symmetry: four generations of women who have all been touched by a legacy of madness which they must in one way or another confront if they are to achieve fulfilment. Idioglossia is a rich and rewarding novel written with a sparklingly original voice and is destined to establish Eleanor Bailey as one of the most exciting writers of her generation.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
444
Release Date:
2009-09-29
Publication Date:
2009-09-29
Publisher:
Black Swan
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0552776076
ISBN13:
9780552776073
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Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
518 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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