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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2003-10-15
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780156029346
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156029340
ISBN-13
9780156029346
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2357937
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bright Angel Time
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Mom learned to fall backward into the arms of strangers without hesitating or looking over her shoulder. She learned to fall freely, with her muscles relaxed and her mind open..." So begins Martha McPhee's first novel, Bright Angel Time, a story rooted in the freewheeling, free-falling decade of the 1970s. For Kate, the tale's narrator, life starts to crumble the day of the first moon landing. That is when her father takes off with his lover and leaves his family high and dry. Soon after, Kate's mother, Eve, falls in love with Anton, a man with a smarmy charisma that draws one in even as it invites second thoughts. A hippie pied piper, Anton lures Eve and her three daughters into a cross-country odyssey from New Jersey to a commune in Big Sur. There his own children from a previous marriage join the menagerie.McPhee captures the era when women's liberation mixed with notions of free love led to sexual license, and Gestalt therapy promised enlightenment. Seen through the eyes of Kate and her two sisters, this is not so much a time of freedom as one of confusion, adult carelessness, and neglect. Kate's steely-eyed view of her parents' world, combined with McPhee's brilliant imagery and deft characterization, makes this '70s-era tale a book for the '90s., PRAISE FOR BRIGHT ANGEL TIME "To get a sense of what Martha McPhee's affecting first novel is like, imagine Rabbit Run or Revolutionary Road written from the point of view of an 8-year-old child." - -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Gorgeous . . . In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee's prose is as delicate and lovely as an angel's wing."-US --, Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowinge [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart., PRAISE FOR BRIGHT ANGEL TIME "To get a sense of what Martha McPhee's affecting first novel is like, imagine Rabbit Run or Revolutionary Road written from the point of view of an 8-year-old child." - -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Gorgeous . . . In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee's prose is as delicate and lovely as an angel's wing."-US, Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing... [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader''s heart., Told with great verve and poetic sweep, a wise, pointed, utterly absorbing childhood narrative--honest, and above all, original., Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing... [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart., Martha McPhee writes with the shimmering solidity of rock. [A] strikingly effective and richly textured debut volume., Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing… [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart., In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee''s prose is delicate and lovely as an angel''s wing., Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing… [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader''s heart., Full of beautiful writing and dead-on observations about the era that spawned broken families and broken hearts., An original, peculiarly American story. McPhee writes with assurance. Her story flows smoothly, and she dissects her characters kindly., In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee's prose is delicate and lovely as an angel's wing., YA-The world, according to eight-year-old Kate, is coming apart. Her father has left and her mother is distraught and angry. Kate narrates this tale of a journey she takes in 1970, the first leg of which is with her mother and two older sisters cross country to the West Coast. There her mother joins Anton, an itinerant therapist she had fallen for earlier, literally, while doing the "trust" exercise of falling backwards into waiting arms. Kate's pilgrimage continues as they travel with Anton and his children through the Southwest in a camper. The girl's life, once rock solid, becomes airy and chaotic, with glimpses of sex and drugs, friendship and passion. Kate clings to durable scraps of her life-road maps, a rock with gold her geologist father gave her, and the names of the geologic formations he loved to say, such as Bright Angel Shale. McPhee's flowing first novel, rich with the emotions of loss and love, captures the feelings of childhood. The author writes with humor, compassion, and a strong sense of location and the effects of dislocation. Kate is a sometimes charming, sometimes tragic, but never sentimental child. Her observations are sharp and true whether her eye is turned to the reckless, floundering adults or the shimmering heat and beauty of the desert. In the novel's pivotal scene, which takes place in the Grand Canyon, Kate comes to realize that she is more resilient than she thought. She knows that she will endure. Susanne Bardelson, Wheat Ridge Public Library, Jefferson County, CO
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
Set in the early 1970s, this magical first novel by National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee marked not only the introduction of the Furey-Cooper family of Gorgeous Lies, but also the auspicious debut of a stunning literary talent. Meet eight-year-old Kate and her sisters as they take to a life on the road when their divorced mother falls in love with someone new. This strange freedom introduces the girls to a way of life that is vastly different from the one they knew with their geologist father. But, far from him, adult distraction and carelessness finally threaten to explode and ruin Kate's life. Rich in character, imagery, and humor, Bright Angel Time is a brilliant and moving novel from an authentic, critically acclaimed new voice.
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- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.