Elizabeth Benedict

The Beginner's Book of Dreams (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend's family opens her eyes to art Esme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholic mother than her mother does of her. A former fashion model and extra in the movies, her mother attracts a series of husbands and boyfriends as Esme watches in fascination and sometimes horror. Esme's father comes and goes, forever riding the wave of the latest get-rich-quick scheme. As Esme becomes a teenager, she turns to her friend Leah's cultured, exotic family for inspiration and solace-especially Leah's father, a well-known photographer who encourages Esme to cultivate her gifts. Might art-and a favorite teacher-become the answer to some of her troubles? The Beginner's Book of Dreams is an insightful, sophisticated, sometimes wickedly funny, always sharp-eyed portrayal of a young woman inventing and discovering her own independent spirit.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480422292
• Artikelnr.: 44662314

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Benedict is the author of Almost, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year, a Newsweek Best Fiction Book of the Year, and a Best Book of the Year by National Public Radio's Fresh Air. She is also the author of three other novels, as well as The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers. She lives in New York City.