The Melting Season
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From one of today's hottest novelists and author of the bestselling The Middlesteins -- a provocative story about friendship and self-discovery. Catherine Madison left her small town in Nebraska after... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1594484996
ISBN13:9781594484995
Release Date:January 2011
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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2 ratings
A resonant road story, and more
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
The Melting Season gets off to an irresistible start when its heroine, Catherine "Moonie" Madison, steals a pile of money and hits the highway, leaving behind her small Nebraska town and very complicated family. In precise and arresting descriptions and lucid, lyrical prose, Jami Attenberg captures the landscapes and textures of the midwest and west, and both the liberation and vulnerability of being a woman on the open road. Moonie makes her way to Las Vegas where, amid the city's splendid artifice, she builds real friendships that lead her to confront the truth about herself and her past, and help her to forge a way forward. There are some dazzling and very funny Vegas set pieces and unforgettable characters, but what's most enduring and moving about The Melting Season is that underpinning the adventure and desert glitter is real contemplation--of the nature of love, friendship, and selfhood.
Wonderful story, artfully told.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Jami Attenberg paints a rich lovely portrait of Catherine Madison, a woman running away from her past and finding answers to her life in a haunting new friendship. I picked up Attenberg's book and couldn't put it down. The writing is beautiful and the story will stay with you for a long time.
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