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'Crowell is preternaturally talented and knows more about the twisted labyrinth of the human psyche than most people her age. This is, without question, an impressive and promising debut.' BOOKLIST. "A highly promising debut." - Kirkus Reviews "An accomplished, very mature novel.....The heroine is totally believable." - Rosamunde Pilcher, author of Coming Home Love Story for the millennium - an extraordinary, heart-wrenching novel about the many shades of family love and loss. This stunning first novel marks the arrival of an astonishing talent. Gloria's beloved husband succumbs to leukemia, leaving her alone with a son to bring up. The madness of grief is a temptation she must withstand, for her child's sake if not her own. Eventually she discovers ways to reinvent herself, and to find happiness once again.
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Not that age should matter in the grand scheme of things, but Jenn Crowell was barely 18 when she sold this first novel to her publishers. Unlike much fiction by very young people, however, Necessary Madness does not trade on hipness, teenage angst or underage promiscuity. The novel is the story of 30-year-old Gloria Burgess coming to grips with the premature death from cancer of a beloved husband. Kirkus Reviews hailed Necessary Madness (set in England, though Crowell is American) for its fully developed characters and maturity of content.
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From her first poignant sentences, Jenn Crowell beckons the reader into Gloria Burgess's private world. After a scant eight years of marriage, Gloria's beloved husband succumbs to leukemia, leaving her alone with a son to bring up in an adopted country. The madness of grief is a constant, voracious temptation she must withstand, for her child's sake not her own. To accomplish this, Gloria delves into the lessons from the past and her parents' failed relationship. Her father was forever inconsolable over his dead first love, her mother bitter at giving up her ambitions for a man incapable of loving her. Between her father's clinging, drowning despair and her mother's emotional abandonment is a balance that Gloria struggles to find. And eventually she discovers ways to reinvent herself, to find happiness once again, and to bring peace back to the tumult of her life.
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- PublisherPutnam
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0340684941
- ISBN 13 9780340684948
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages212
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British. After eight years of marriage Gloria Burgess's beloved husband Bill, a painter, succumbs to leukaemia, leaving Gloria with a son to raise alone in an adopted England. The madness of grief is a constant, overwhelming temptation she must withstand, for her child's sake if not her own. To accomplish this Gloria looks back over her childhood in America and the lessons she can learn from the past. Between her father's clinging, drowning despair and her mother's emotional abandonment there is a balance that she struggles to find. And meanwhile life goes inexorably on, in spite of Gloria's anguish. There must be ways to reinvent herself, to find happiness again, and to bring peace back to the tumult of her world. Necessary Madness is an extraordinary novel about the many shades of family love and loss. Beautifully written and brilliantly perceptive, it is a heartwrenching love story and a poignant exploration of the anger and despair of life after death. Jenn Crowell's stunning first novel marks the arrival of an astonishing talent. The book is in an excellent condition apart from a slight cocking of the spine from being read. Book. Seller Inventory # 001754
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