Synopses & Reviews
"A unique book by an extraordinary writer...humane and unsparing; witty, unsettling, and wildly intelligent."Shirley Hazzard, author of The Transit of Venus
"A piercing novel, gleaming with facets of hard-won knowledge, polished by experience and a keen intelligence."Publisher's Weekly
On Wall Street in the 1990s, where ego, vanity and hypocrisy run rife, an ex-radical feminist takes a job as a corporate speechwriter to support her older husband, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.
Kate Jennings' novels, Snake and Moral Hazard, were both New York Times Notable Books. Born in Australia, she has lived in New York since 1979.
Synopsis
1990s Wall Streetego and hypocrisy run rife. An ex-radical feminist works as a corporate speechwriter to support her dying husband.
About the Author
Kate Jennings is a poet, essayist, short-story writer and novelist. Both her novels,
Snake and
Moral Hazard, were
New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has won the ALS Gold Medal, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Adelaide Festival fiction prize. Born in rural New South Wales, she has lived in New York since 1979.