Anywhere But Here - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mona Simpson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Simpson's now classic novel of a mother and daughter--a national bestseller upon publication in 1986--was hailed by critics and beloved by thousands of readers, becoming one of the bestselling Vintage titles to date. Now published in a new edition to generate interest in her next book, The Lost Father, due out in February.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A national bestseller--adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon--<i>Anywhere But Here</i> is the heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter. A moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, the novel follows the two women as they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions. A brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation, <i>Anywhere But Here</i> is a story about the things we do for love, and a powerful study of familial bonds.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Brilliant, funny, astonishing. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>Stunning . . . Simpson takes on--and reinvents--many of America's essential myths. --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>Mona Simpson writes with confidence, with a swagger. She is already a master. --Anne Tyler, <i>USA Today</i> <p/><i>Anywhere But Here</i> is a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands [Simpson] in the front ranks of our best novelists. --<i>Newsweek</i> <p/>The two women in this book are American originals. Ann is a new Huck Finn, a tough, funny, resourceful love of a girl. Adele is like no one I've encountered, at once deplorable and admirable--and altogether believable. --Walker Percy<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Mona Simpson is the author of <i>Anywhere But Here, The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, Off Keck Road, </i> and <i>My Hollywood</i>. <i>Off Keck Road</i> won the Heartland Prize from the <i>Chicago Tribun</i>e and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. She has received a Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim grant, a Lila Wallace Readers Digest Writers' Award, and, recently, a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Simpson is on the faculty at UCLA and also teaches at Bard College. <p/>www.monasimpson.com
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