Emma Who Saved My Life - Softcover

Barnhardt, Wilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312921837 ISBN 13: 9780312921835

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Dreaming of becoming an actor, Gil Freeman leaves the Midwest for the bright lights of New York, and, over the next decade, his life takes some unexpected directions, culminating in his meeting with Emma Gennaro

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From the Publisher

Praise for EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE:

"Big, funny, engaging, unsentimental...delightful." --Sue Halpern, NEW YORK POST

"This is an immensely winning book." --Thomas Mallon, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"With a polished assurance rare in a first novel...Wilton Barnhardt unreels flashy scene after scene in convincing detail and sharp, snappy dialogue...the kind of shooting star that will make readers watch the skies eagerly for Barnhardt's next one." --Susan Allen Toth, WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"[EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE] is a winner--a book of enormous charm.... One of the most promising fictional debuts in many years." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"New novelists are plentiful. New novelists who create memorable characters, an insightful story, and thoughtful wit are rare. Wilton Barnhardt is one of the rare ones." --Rebecca Warburton Boylan, NEWSDAY

From the Back Cover

Wilton Barnhardt's novel of coming of age in New York City brims with energy, surprise, irresistible humor, and the heady rush of youth. Its hero, Gil Freeman, a mid-western aspiring actor, comes to the city in search of stardom--but instead encounters the perils of Alphabet City, the desperation of off-off-off-Broadway theater...and the exhilarating, exasperating, absolutely unique Emma, around whom his life comes to turn. Charming and engaging, quintessentially American, EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE is one of the extraordinary fiction debuts of our time.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0312921837
• ISBN 13: 9780312921835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 385