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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the award-winning author of "The Danish Girl" and "The Rose City," "Pasadena" tells the story of Linda Stamp, a fishergirl born in 1903 on a coastal onion farm, and the three men who change her life: her jealous brother, Edmund; Bruder, the orphan Linda's father brings home from World War I; and a Pasadena orange rancher named Willis Poore. The novel spans Linda's adventurous and romantic life, weaving the tales of her Mexican mother and her German-born father with those of the rural Pacific Coast of her youth and of the small, affluent city, Pasadena, that becomes her home. "Pasadena" is a novel of passion and history, about a woman and a place in perpetual transformation. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Review:"Wuthering Heights meets East of Eden." The Wall Street Journal Review:"Pasadena is like a grand opera....[David] Ebershoff must be applauded for the grandness of his design, for grand characters, for grand setting, and...for his grand vision of Pasadena as the center of 'real history.'" Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"Both a triumph of historical re-creation and a full-bodied romance....You feel that, if you were transported back to Pasadena in 1925, Ebershoff's book would enable you to find your way around perfectly." Baltimore Sun Review:"Ebershoff's crafting of characters is so sharp, so perfect, that we ache for most of them....[He] has us in thrall, and every word he writes counts." Fort Worth Star-Telegram Review:"Full of detail and unerring language...magically evokes the rich and varied landscape of Southern California.'" The Boston Sunday Globe Review:"A luxurious tragedy...gorgeous, full of romance and disaster....Pasadena is a novel to get lost in." The Christian Science Monitor Synopsis:Ebershoff's sweeping, richly imagined novel is set against the backdrop of Southern California during the first half of the 20th century and charts its rapid transformation from frontier to suburb. A Book Sense 76 selection. Synopsis:- A Book Sense 76 selection- A bestseller on the Los Angeles Times, New York Times Extended, and Denver Post lists About the AuthorDavid Ebershoff is the author of The Danish Girl, a New York Times Notable Book and the winner of the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. His collection of stories, The Rose City, was named one of the best books of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times. His books have been published in more than a dozen countries to critical acclaim. Since 1998, he has been the publishing director of the Modern Library. He has taught at New York University and Princeton, where he is now a visiting lecturer. Originally from Pasadena, he is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Chicago, and he currently lives in New York City. He can be reached at www.ebershoff.com. From the Hardcover edition. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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