| "The literary equivalent of a hand grenade." Joanna Smith Rakoff |
A savvy, spirited, moving, and surprisingly humorous novel in elegies. A skirt-chasing, car-racing uncle with whiskey breath and a three-day beard. A 'walking joke, a sitting duck, a fish in a barrel' named Elwood LePoer. A dirt-poor college roommate who conceals an unbearable secret. A failed piano prodigy lost in middle age. A beautiful mother haunted by her once-great aspirations.
In Elegies for the Brokenhearted, Mary Murphy tells her own story as she paints lively portraits of the people with whom she's crossed paths. Having weathered her mother's erratic movement among homes and multiple husbands, the absence of her runaway sister, and a discouraging search for purpose, Mary's reflection on her own path intertwines with the histories of the people she's loved and lost. With a rhythmically unique voice and distinctive wry humor, Christie Hodgen builds an unconventional narrative about the difficult search for identity, belonging, and family. .
In Elegies for the Brokenhearted, Mary Murphy tells her own story as she paints lively portraits of the people with whom she's crossed paths. Having weathered her mother's erratic movement among homes and multiple husbands, the absence of her runaway sister, and a discouraging search for purpose, Mary's reflection on her own path intertwines with the histories of the people she's loved and lost. With a rhythmically unique voice and distinctive wry humor, Christie Hodgen builds an unconventional narrative about the difficult search for identity, belonging, and family. .
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Hardback Editions
July 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Elegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel Author(s): Christie Hodgen ISBN: 0-393-06140-X / 978-0-393-06140-6 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Elegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel Author(s): Christie Hodgen ISBN: 0-393-34023-6 / 978-0-393-34023-5 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
July 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Elegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel Author(s): Christie Hodgen Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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