Read Elegies for the Brokenhearted

Elegies for the Brokenhearted

Christie Hodgen

4.9/5 (11161 ratings)

Description:A savvy, spirited, moving, and surprisingly humorous novel in elegies. Who are the people you’ll never forget? For Mary Murphy, there are five: A skirt-chasing, car-racing uncle with whiskey breath and a three-day beard. A “walking joke, a sitting duck, a fish in a barrel” named Elwood LePoer. A dirt-poor college roommate who conceals an unbearable secret. A failed piano prodigy lost in middle age. A beautiful mother haunted by her once-great aspirations. In five quirky elegies to lost friends and relatives, Mary tells us the story of her life. We begin with a restless childhood spent following her mother between multiple homes and husbands. Then comes the disappearance of Mary’s rebellious and beloved sister, Malinda. By the time Mary leaves for college, she has no one to write home to, and we follow along on her difficult search for purpose. From a series of miserable jobs to her “reborn” mother’s deathbed, Mary finds hope in the most surprising places. With a rhythmically unique voice and pitch-perfect wry humor, Christie Hodgen spins an unconventional and moving story about identity, belonging, and family.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elegies for the Brokenhearted. To get started finding Elegies for the Brokenhearted, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: 2010

ISBN: 039306140X

Description: A savvy, spirited, moving, and surprisingly humorous novel in elegies. Who are the people you’ll never forget? For Mary Murphy, there are five: A skirt-chasing, car-racing uncle with whiskey breath and a three-day beard. A “walking joke, a sitting duck, a fish in a barrel” named Elwood LePoer. A dirt-poor college roommate who conceals an unbearable secret. A failed piano prodigy lost in middle age. A beautiful mother haunted by her once-great aspirations. In five quirky elegies to lost friends and relatives, Mary tells us the story of her life. We begin with a restless childhood spent following her mother between multiple homes and husbands. Then comes the disappearance of Mary’s rebellious and beloved sister, Malinda. By the time Mary leaves for college, she has no one to write home to, and we follow along on her difficult search for purpose. From a series of miserable jobs to her “reborn” mother’s deathbed, Mary finds hope in the most surprising places. With a rhythmically unique voice and pitch-perfect wry humor, Christie Hodgen spins an unconventional and moving story about identity, belonging, and family.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elegies for the Brokenhearted. To get started finding Elegies for the Brokenhearted, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Elegies for the Brokenhearted

Elegies for the Brokenhearted

More Books

Hello, I Must Be Going

Hello, I Must Be Going

A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories (Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction)

A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories (Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction)

The History of Baseball

The History of Baseball

Special Problems (Kindle Single)

Special Problems (Kindle Single)

Boy Meets Girl (AWP Award Series for the Novel)

Boy Meets Girl (AWP Award Series for the Novel)

New Letters vol. 86 no. 4

New Letters vol. 86 no. 4

The Southern Review, 48:1: Winter 2012

The Southern Review, 48:1: Winter 2012

Ploughshares Fall 2021

Ploughshares Fall 2021

Christie Hodgen'sElegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel [Hardcover](2010)

Christie Hodgen'sElegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel [Hardcover](2010)