The hare a novel
An astounding new literary thriller from a celebrated author at the height of her storytelling prowess, this novel bravely considers a woman's inherent sense of obligation--sexual and emotional--to the male hierarchy.
| Main Author: | Finn, Melanie. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Columbus, OH :
Two Dollar Radio,
2021.
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| Summary: |
An astounding new literary thriller from a celebrated author at the height of her storytelling prowess, this novel bravely considers a woman's inherent sense of obligation--sexual and emotional--to the male hierarchy. "Raised to be obedient by a stern grandmother in a blue-collar town in Massachusetts, Rosie accepts a scholarship to art school in New York City in the 1980s. One morning at a museum, she meets a worldly man twenty years her senior, with access to the upper crust of New England society. Bennett is dashing, knows that 'polo' refers only to ponies, teaches her which direction to spoon soup, and tells of exotic escapades with Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson. Soon, Rosie is living with him on a swanky estate on Connecticut's Gold Coast, naively in sway to his moral ambivalence. A daughter -- Miranda -- is born, just as his current con goes awry forcing them to abscond in the middle of the night to the untamed wilderness of northern Vermont. Almost immediately, Bennett abandons them in an uninsulated cabin without a car or cash for weeks at a time, so he can tend a teaching job that may or may not exist at an elite college. Rosie is forced to care for her young daughter alone, and to tackle the stubborn intricacies of the wood stove, snowshoe into town, hunt for wild game, and forage in the forest. As Rosie and Miranda's life gradually begins to normalize, Bennett's schemes turn malevolent, and Rosie must at last confront his twisted deceptions. Her actions have far-reaching and perilous consequences."--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: |
320 pages |
| ISBN: |
9781937512972 1937512975 |
| Author Notes: |
Melanie Finn is the author of Shame which made the Not the Booker Prize 2015 shortlist, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and voted on by the public. (Bowker Author Biography) |