Katherine's House - Hardcover
Freydberg, Margaret Howe
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The process of becoming an individual, distinct from the roles invented by one's family, is sometimes painful, especially for older women accustomed to accepting others' opinions without protest. For Katherine, separated from her husband and faced with the decision to sell her ancestral home, the summer of her 49th year is one of rebirth. Peeling back the layers of her emotional entanglements though the writing of a novel, she finds a new person strong enough to deflect the financial demands of her ne'er-do-well nephew, and to want her husband back on her own terms. This highly introspective book by the author of Winter Concert resolves internal dilemmas through the novel-within-a-novel, while connecting narratives recount what little action there is. While occasionally difficult to follow, the story is engrossing and the denouement rewarding. Marica R. Hoffman, M.L.S., American Hoechst Corp., Somerville, N.J.
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A treasured island home off the New England coast and a marriage temporarily on hold are intertwined elements of this reflective novel. Troubled by her attachment to possessions, including her ancestral house and its furnishings, and uneasy about the perceived dominance of Morgan, her husband of 30 years, Katherine initiates a separation. Then she embarks on a voyage of inner exploration, savoring her aloneness, reveling in sensuous delights. At the same time, she prepares to sell the house over the objections of a lay-about nephew who is her heir. Freydberg's (Winter Concert lyrical style beautifully conveys the feelings and sensibilities of a sensuous woman and compensates for the, attimes, self-indulgent introspection of the central character.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherCountryman Pr
- ISBN 10 0881500739
- ISBN 13 9780881500738
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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ISBN 10: 0881500739
ISBN 13: 9780881500738
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Includes newspaper article written about Freydberg inscribed to her daughter, as 'Mum'. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to edges. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* Margaret Howe Freydberg, the poet and novelist whose grace, elegance and remarkable longevity spanned more than a century of life. Peggy Freydberg, as she was known to most, wrote her first novel, The Bride in 1952. Her other books included The Lovely April, Catherine's House, Winter Concert, The Consequences of Loving Syra, Growing Up in Old Age, a memoir, and three books of poetry: Evening on the Pond, In Other Words and Wanting. Many of her poems have been published in the Gazette through the decades. Three years ago she published Cruachan: The Battle Cry of Scottish Chieftains, a long short story, originally written after her first and only visit to Scotland in the 1950s. Signed. Seller Inventory # 2209220023
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