Mr. Field's Daughter: A Novel - Softcover

Bausch, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0020281455 ISBN 13: 9780020281450

Publisher: Collier Books, 1990

Synopsis

James Field--single parent to Annie--is grief stricken when she elopes with the drug-dealing Cole, and upon her return years later, broken-hearted and a mother, they must reconcile

About this title

From Library Journal:

Mr. Field's daughter becomes Mr. Gilbertson's wife and thereby initiates a series of family tragedies. Lovingly reared by a widower father, Annie defies him by eloping. She eventually realizes that her husband is a criminal and drug addict and returns home with her own daughter. Gilbertson's efforts to avenge himself and reclaim his child lead to a violent but redemptive conclusion. Bausch emphasizes the tangled relationships of fathers and daughters, but his well-crafted story displays many other varieties of pain, e.g., the doubts of an aging man courting a much younger woman, the isolation of a schoolgirl rejected by her classmates. His narrative is emotionally powerful but always carefully controlled.
- Albert E. Wilhelm, Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

"The sensitivity to emotional nuances that Bausch's work has always demonstrated . . . is again evident in this deeply felt novel that explores the ties between father and daughter," remarked PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collier Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0020281455
• ISBN 13: 9780020281450
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347