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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Highwire Moonby Susan Straight
Awards2001 National Book Award Finalist
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Critically acclaimed novelist Straight takes readers into the world of illegal Mexican migrants in this lovingly rendered story of a mother and daughter's search for each other. A Book Sense 76 Pick. Review:“Her gallery of misfits reminds one of Flannery O’Connor’s–but with a dash of sympathy and human goodness.”The Washington Post Book World Review:“An eye-opener of a novel, a road map to the real California. Straight turns headlines into poetry.” – The New York Times Book Review Review:“Packed with the kind of detail about people, places and emotions that transport the reader to a different world.” — San Francisco Chronicle Review:“One of America’s gutsiest writers … a polyglot with an astonishing ear for how people really talk in places we hardly remember they are living.” — The Baltimore Sun About the AuthorSusan Straight's novels include I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots, Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights, and The Gettin Place. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Salon.com, Reader's Digest, and other leading periodicals. She was born in Riverside, California, and lives there with her three daughters. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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