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Description for Off Keck Road
Paperback. Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart form a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay where she cares for her invalid mother. This story charts her solitary but self-possessed life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128. Weight in Grams: 148.
Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart from a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin where she cares for her invalid mother. Mona Simpson charts Bea's solitary but self-possessed life and her relationships with her old friend, June, and the polio-afflicted Shelley. All three women's lives are linked through Bill, Bea's jazz-loving boss and the town cad. Off Keck Road is an exquisite novella that reminds us of the positive virtues of constancy and fidelity in a world driven by change, ambition and twists ... Read more
Bea Maxwell has been kissed only once and has never been in love. Apart from a stint away in Chicago, she has always lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin where she cares for her invalid mother. Mona Simpson charts Bea's solitary but self-possessed life and her relationships with her old friend, June, and the polio-afflicted Shelley. All three women's lives are linked through Bill, Bea's jazz-loving boss and the town cad. Off Keck Road is an exquisite novella that reminds us of the positive virtues of constancy and fidelity in a world driven by change, ambition and twists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843540014
SKU
KEX0200325
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mona Simpson
Mona Simpson is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim grant and the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. She is the author of the acclaimed novels The Lost Father, A Regular Guy and Off Keck Road. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and their two children.
Reviews for Off Keck Road
'A delicate, flavourful novel, all the better for Simpson's expertly light touch' Guardian
Guardian
'Elegant and perceptive... beautifully nuanced'
Sunday Telegraph
'Straight from the heart'
Mirror
'A splendid novella' Time Out'A vivid and mesmerizing story'
Family Circle
Guardian
'Elegant and perceptive... beautifully nuanced'
Sunday Telegraph
'Straight from the heart'
Mirror
'A splendid novella' Time Out'A vivid and mesmerizing story'
Family Circle