Synopses & Reviews
In her 2002 memoir, Kitchen PrivilegeS≪/i>, Mary Higgins Clark shared the details of her life with her readers, but she offered little significant reflection on those details. For that, readers must look to her fiction, where her themes, characters, and subjects suggest her responses to her life experiences. Mary Higgins Clark: Life and LetterS≪/i> provides readers with an analysis of these connections in a volume that should increase their understanding—and appreciation—of the author and her work.
Focusing on subjects associated with the literary elements of representative Clark novels, Linda De Roche explores the relationship between the life of this bestselling author and the books that have won her legions of fans for more than a quarter century. Themes and issues woven into Clark's fiction—such as the role of the past in people's lives, repercussions of violence, and the concept of identity—are considered, while close critical readings uncover psychological, feminist, and sociopolitical interpretations that will delight fans and inform scholars.
Synopsis
This incisive exploration probes the relationship between the novels of bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark and the key events and influences of her life.
In her 2002 memoir, Kitchen Privileges, Mary Higgins Clark shared the details of her life with her readers, but she offered little significant reflection on those details. For that, readers must look to her fiction, where her themes, characters, and subjects suggest her responses to her life experiences. Mary Higgins Clark: Life and Letters provides readers with an analysis of these connections in a volume that should increase their understanding--and appreciation--of the author and her work.
Focusing on subjects associated with the literary elements of representative Clark novels, Linda De Roche explores the relationship between the life of this bestselling author and the books that have won her legions of fans for more than a quarter century. Themes and issues woven into Clark's fiction--such as the role of the past in people's lives, repercussions of violence, and the concept of identity--are considered, while close critical readings uncover psychological, feminist, and sociopolitical interpretations that will delight fans and inform scholars.
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• A plot synopsis and analysis of character development for each major work
• Clark family photographs
• A comprehensive list of Clark's published works, with reviews and criticism of the works covered in this volume
• An extensive list of additional biographical sources including Clark's most recent interviews
• A filmography listing adaptations of Clark's novels and stories
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• Provides fans with the first work that looks at both Clark's life and her work, combining equal parts biography and analysis
• Analyzes Clark's fiction to get beneath the details she recounted, but upon which she seldom reflected, in her memoir, Kitchen PrivilegeS≪/i>
• Considers the effect of grief and loss, of Clark's Irish heritage and Catholic faith, of the privations of the Depression, and of gender roles and expectations, all of which shaped her worldview and continue to provide the foundation for her plots, themes, and characters
• Discusses Clark's fiction as social commentary, exploring her life and her heroines within the context of feminism and women's history
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This incisive exploration probes the relationship between the novels of bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark and the key events and influences of her life.
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Mary Higgins Clark's books have sold more than 80 million copies in the United States alonethe French even named a street after her. What qualities have enabled America's "Queen of Suspense," to overcome adversity, developing the same resilient spirit and essential optimism shared by the heroines of her immensely popular novels?