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Synopsis
Set in one block of the San Francisco’s tenderloin district in the late 1970s, Winter's Edge centers around the lives of two older, working-class women: Chrissie MacInnes, a tough, outspoken, Scottish-born waitress, and the more subdued Margaret Sawyer, a clerk in a news shop. When a local political election threatens their neighborhood with gentrification, it also threatens their friendship: Chrissie fights fiercely for her values and her home, while Margaret tries not to get involved.” But when the election battle leads to arson and violence, they join forces to find the culprit and in the process, find the courage to re-examine their pasts, face their fears for the future, and affirm the importance of friendship and of community.
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Review
I first read--and admired--Valerie Miner's work when I reviewed A Walking Fire two years ago. The award-winning author of six novels and many short stories and essays, Miner reveals in this work the world and worries of older working-class urban women, a world that seldom receives recognition. In the San Francisco of the 1970s, two women--a feminist Scottish waitress and a ladylike ex-New York shop clerk--find themselves drawn into a violent chain of events that binds their friendship closer. Miner also portrays the issue of sex and the older woman, who enjoys her pleasures but doesn't want that old ball and chain again. Winter's Edge is a wonderful book of loves and tears, without being the least bit sappy.
About the Author
Valerie Miner is a novelist, journalist, and professor. She is the award-winning author of fourteen books.
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- PublisherCrossing Pr
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0895941767
- ISBN 13 9780895941763
- BindingHardcover
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