The Drowning Season: 2 - Hardcover

Hoffman, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525095772 ISBN 13: 9780525095774

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1979

Synopsis

Upon turning eighteen, Esther the Black looks for a chance to escape from her hated and dying grandmother, Esther the White, who lives in seclusion on Long Island where each summer--during The Drowning Season--her son Philip tres to kill himself by walking into the ocean

About this title

About the Author:

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City in 1952 and grew up on Long Island. Hoffman's first novel, Property Of, was written when she was twenty-one. Her short fiction and nonfiction works have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, Redbook, Architectural Digest, Gourmet, Self, and others. Her novel Practical Magic was made into a major motion picture starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman; her young adult novel Aquamarine was made into a movie in 2006. She lives in Boston and New York.

Review:

Praise for The Drowning Season

“A triumph.”—Los Angeles Times

“Absolutely magical...one of the best books I have ever read.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A superb novel.”—John Irving

“A touching and startling novel.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Awesome and funny...Hoffman is operating in Kafka's realm, in the territory of I. B. Singer, and of Tolstoy's folk tales...[S]he has tapped some timeless quality of human experience.”—Newsday

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0525095772
• ISBN 13: 9780525095774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212