Ebook {Epub PDF} Anywhere but Here by Mona Simpson

Anywhere But Here. by Mona Simpson. We fought. When my mother and I crossed state lines in the car, I'd sit against the window and wouldn't talk. I wouldn't even look at her. The fights came when I thought she broke a promise. She said there'd be an Indian reservation. She said that we'd see buffalo in Texas. My mother said a lot of things. Anywhere but Here is the fictionalized saga of an American family. Three generations of women take turns narrating chapters of a personal and cultural history that spans the years between the turn. Anywhere but Here. SIMPSON, Mona. Published by Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A., ISBN ISBN

About Mona Simpson. Mona Simpson is the author of Casebook, Anywhere But Here, The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, Off Keck Road, and My Hollywood. Off Keck Road won the Heartland Prize from the Chicago Tribune and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. She has received a Whiting More about Mona Simpson. Anywhere But Here is a moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer. As they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions, Ann and Adele bring to life a novel that is a brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound. Anywhere but Here is Mona Simpson's tale of Ann August, a young girl growing up with a narcissistic, manipulative, dramatic, irresponsible, twice-divorced mother named Adele. Ann is trapped in a complicated dance, craving affection and depending upon a mother who is emotionally abusive. The novel.

Anywhere But Here. by Mona Simpson. We fought. When my mother and I crossed state lines in the car, I'd sit against the window and wouldn't talk. I wouldn't even look at her. The fights came when I thought she broke a promise. She said there'd be an Indian reservation. She said that we'd see buffalo in Texas. My mother said a lot of things. Complete summary of Mona Simpson's Anywhere but Here. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Anywhere but Here. "Mona Simpson writes with confidence, with a swagger. She is already a master." —Anne Tyler, USA Today "Anywhere But Here is a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands [Simpson] in the.