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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsKate Vaidenby Reynolds Price
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:0ne of the most feisty, spellbinding and engaging heroines in modern fiction captures the essence of her own life in this contemporary American odyssey born of red-clay land and small-town people. We meet Kate at a crucial moment in middle age when she begins to yearn to see the son she abandoned when she was seventeen. But if she decides to seek him, will he understand her? Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Kate Vaiden is a penetrating psychological portrait of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, a story as joyous, tragic, comic and compelling as life itself. Review:"I can think of no novelist whose effect on readers is more polarizing than Reynolds Price." The New York Times Book Review Review:"You won't hear many voices in your life that are as interesting as Kate Vaiden's." USA Today Review:"Price's lyrical prose, blossoming with felicitous imagery and authentically grounded in the regional cadences of the characters' speech, holds the magic of a true raconteur....this is a touching, engrossing narrative by one of our most gifted writers." Publishers Weekly Review:"May well be Reynolds Price's best novel." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Intense and powerful...the voice of Mr. Price's heroine blows like fresh air across the page." The New York Times Book Review Review:"Beautifully written and skillfully narrated...a novel for all seasons." The Washington Post Book World Review:"Surely his finest work so far. A wise and wonderful story told by an artist at the peak of his powers...you will want to meet Kate Vaiden and get to know her. And in th eend ...you will want to stand up for Reynolds Price. You won't hear many voices in your life that are as intersting as Kate Vaiden's." USA Today Synopsis:Reissued to coincide with the publication of Price's monumental new novel, Roxanna Slade, this bestselling chronicle of a lifetime of joy and sadness — narrated by the feisty, irrepressible woman who lived it — won the National Book Critics Circle Award and garnered an outpouring of critical praise. "A penetrating psychological study of an ordinary woman faced with seemingly extraordinary circumstances that, in the balance, turn out to be not so extraordinary after all". — San Francisco Chronicle About the AuthorReynolds Price is the author of more than two dozen books, including Roxanna Slade, The Promise of Rest and Three Gospels. James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University and member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he lives in the Piedmont country-side of North Carolina. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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