Faber & Faber

Anywhere But Here: Mona Simpson

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Synopsis:

Published to extraordinary critical acclaim in 1987, Mona Simpson's exceptional first novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, Adele and Ann, making their way west from Bay City Wisconsin so that Ann can be a child star while she is still a child and living off Adele's abandoned second husband's credit card. Adele likes to explain to Ann what class is, and always buys good clothes - how else is she going to get Ann a new daddy? When her mother's campaigns become too hare-brained or the maternal blackmail too dear, Ann makes reverse charge calls to the beloved dead-end house in Bay City where her grandmother reassures her that Adele has made as baffling a daughter as she does a mother. Mona Simpson's astonishing ear for the nuance of emotional politics marked this startling and original debut by one of the finest voices in American fiction.

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Fiction

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General Fiction

Genres & Themes:

American Fiction; Families; Motherhood; Women