Akin to Alice McDermott, Regina McBride has crafted a gem that explores exile and memory, and the ways in which passion transcends time and distance.
She tries to remember her mother's voice and the pitch and treble of it passes through her; the rhythm of it so clear that for a moment they are...connected by frail strings.
So begins The Land of Women, and we are swept into Fiona O'Faolain's last summer in Ireland, the season of her burgeoning sexuality. It is a time, too, when mother and daughter step toward friendship among the voluminous gowns they make for local brides. Yet that giddy summer also delivers betrayal. Fiona's journey from the shame that ended her girlhood takes her to Santa Fe and to Carlos Aragon, a restorer of antiquities, whose ancestry is mysteriously linked to hers. As he explores their pasts with the precision of an artisan, Fiona must face her excruciating memory.
In The Land of Women the past lives in the present, and physical and emotional geography touch.
She tries to remember her mother's voice and the pitch and treble of it passes through her; the rhythm of it so clear that for a moment they are...connected by frail strings.
So begins The Land of Women, and we are swept into Fiona O'Faolain's last summer in Ireland, the season of her burgeoning sexuality. It is a time, too, when mother and daughter step toward friendship among the voluminous gowns they make for local brides. Yet that giddy summer also delivers betrayal. Fiona's journey from the shame that ended her girlhood takes her to Santa Fe and to Carlos Aragon, a restorer of antiquities, whose ancestry is mysteriously linked to hers. As he explores their pasts with the precision of an artisan, Fiona must face her excruciating memory.
In The Land of Women the past lives in the present, and physical and emotional geography touch.
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Hardback Editions
January 1990 : Hardback
| Title: The Land of Women Author(s): Regina McBride Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2003 : Paperback
| Title: The Land of Women Author(s): Regina McBride ISBN: 0-684-02052-1 / 978-0-684-02052-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Fireside Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2003 : Paperback
| Title: The Land of Women : A Novel Author(s): Regina McBride ISBN: 0-7432-2888-X / 978-0-7432-2888-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Touchstone Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2003 : Paperback
| Title: The Land of Women Author(s): Regina McBride ISBN: 0-7432-4957-7 / 978-0-7432-4957-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Fireside Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
June 2003 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Land of Women Author(s): Regina McBride Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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