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The Life Before Her Eyes

By Laura Kasischke

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The Life Before Her Eyes

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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 forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband. An acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, The Life Before Her Eyes finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2002-11-11
Publication Date:
2002-11-01
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0156027127
ISBN13:
9780156027120
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
368 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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