Book Overview
Maureen Howard deepens her inquiry into the meeting place of history and family in this stunning and accessible novel. Isabel Murphy renounced silent-film stardom to raise a family in Rhode Island. Now she is dead at 90 and her children are trying to break free of the lives she has dealt them. Joe, a Jesuit priest, has failed at love and the healing of souls. Stodgy Rita has found late happiness with a gangster who has turned state's evidence. And Gemma, Isabel's honorary child, has grown up to experience a strange celebrity as a photographer. A darkly comic story of guilt, love, and forgiveness, The Silver Screen is luminous in its intelligence and empathy.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:014303555X
ISBN13:9780143035558
Release Date:July 2005
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:244 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Related Subjects
Contemporary Family Saga Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Literature & FictionCustomer Reviews
1 rating
Deceptively slender volume
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Maureen Howard packs so much whallop in her books that it takes twice as long to read them than some books that are double the page length. Her encyclopedic knowledge of such a disparate range of topics makes every book of hers educational as well as fun to read. In this third element of her seasonal tapestry, she addresses, among other things, a crisis of faith, the silent film era, the witness protection program, the psychology of the photographer, all set in a story filled with introspection from many points of view. She also interweaves her previous plots (most notably, A Lover's Almanac), so that the stories gain a three dimensional aspect. Highly recommend.
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