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Published Jun 1991
368 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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Martha Horgan is different. She stares at people. She can't stop telling the truth. She is prone to crushes so violent that she will call someone she likes dozens of times in a single night. The genius of Mary McGarry Morris's latest novel lies in its uncannily felt portrait of a woman who teeters on the edge of madness.
"Morris speaks to larger issues while limning an unforgettable portrait of a vulnerable woman." - Publishers Weekly.
"Funny, sad and startlingly original, this is a mesmerising and beautifully written love story." - Kirkus Reviews UK.
"Spellbinding reading, and a searching portrait of its pathetic, unlovable heroine: a powerful book indeed." - Kirkus Reviews USA.
"Though the subject matter is somber, Morris tells a powerful tale." - Library Journal.
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Mary McGarry Morris was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1943 and raised in Rutland, Vermont with three younger brothers. She was educated at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Rutland, the University of Vermont, and the University of Massachusetts.
Her first novel Vanished was published in 1988. It was nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. A Dangerous Woman was published in 1991 and was chosen by Time magazine as one of the "Five Best Novels of the Year." It was made into a motion picture starring Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Gabriel Byrne.
Songs In Ordinary Time was published in 1995. Two years later, it was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection, which propelled it to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list for many weeks, as well as making ...
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