When the World Was Steady - Hardcover

Messud, Claire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0964561107 ISBN 13: 9780964561106

Publisher: New York Review of Books, 1995

Synopsis

In the words of Melody Simpson, their mother, Emmy was born with thick skin and Virginia with no skin at all.
It is on Bali and Skye, two islands as far apart as geography allows, that the sisters independently reassess their place in the world and gingerly find the new bearings that will allow each to renegotiate the circumstances of their lives with newfound acceptance and flexibility.

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Review:

In a debut novel of remarkable breadth and intimate insight, Claire Messud tells the story of two middle-aged sisters and the divergent life paths chosen by each. On Bali and Skye, two islands as far apart as geography allows, the sisters reassess their place in the world and gingerly find the new bearings that will allow them to renegotiate the circumstances of their lives with newfound acceptance and flexibility. Nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

About the Author:

Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of five previous works of fiction including her most recent novel, The Woman Upstairs, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0964561107
• ISBN 13: 9780964561106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270