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Set in World War II Lowell, Massachusetts, Alice Barton’s engrossing first novel portrays time and place as integral to the coming of age of Honey Lee Murphy caught in the complexities of family relationships that are strained by her religious, regional, parental and class identifications. But these identifications by no means overpower the truly magical individuality of Barton’s characterizations. Barton manages to compose her characters out of themes derived from a deeply lived experience of Catholicism, the overwhelming emotional involvement of first love, memories of a much loved father who is a casualty of war and the harsh but devoted ways of a grandmother. The mounting suspense crests as Honey Lee works to resolve conflicts that are both inner and outer. Barton’s delicate handling of tension is both dramatic and insightful. I was unable to put South Station down.
Rosamond Rosenmeier, Lines Out (Alice James Books)
Fred Marchant, Tipping Point and Full Moon Boat (Greywolf Press) Barton’s South Station has a “read me” plot. She creates characters complex in themselves and deftly handles their complicated relationships. Barton’s assured command of setting and the rare pureness of her prose make South Station a delight.
Jack Beatty, Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly, Regular Contributor, On Point (National Public Radio) and author of The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley
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Barton, poet and longtime teacher of writing at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, lives on Cape Cod. In South Station she recreates the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, as it was in the 1940’s, a city of ethnic neighborhoods centered around ethnic Catholic churches which permeated religious, social, and cultural life.
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- PublisheriUniverse
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0595672957
- ISBN 13 9780595672950
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages268
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