Snapshots - Hardcover

Norris, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157322183X ISBN 13: 9781573221832

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001

Synopsis

Chronicles twenty-five years in the lives of the Mahoneys, an all-American, Irish-Catholic family, as seen through the secrets, alcoholism, homosexuality, mental illness, fears, infidelities, joys, and loves that shaped their relationships with one another. A first novel.

About this title

About the Author:

William Norris teaches writing and literature at Hofstra University and is the curator of the Emerging Voices Reading Series at New York s KGB literary bar.

Review:

“Norris beautifully captures the intimacies of family life.”–Kirkus Reviews

 

“A vivid tale of family bonds.” –Hartford Courant

 

“Norris renders anecdotes of family conflict and nurturing—some trivial, others tragic—with energy and compassion.” –Publishers Weekly

 

“Richly and sympathetically detailed.”–Booklist

 

“A gripping portrayal of how a family deals with its heartbreaks and tragedies... Norris offers no easy solutions for a content family, but he develops a vivid picture of the Mahoneys as strong, believable characters, full of virtues and flaws. Readers will find themselves rooting for the Mahoneys in their quest for individual happiness.” –The Irish Echo

 

“Norris has a knack for creating sympathetic characters.” –The Washington Post Book World

 

“Peers beyond the glowing veneer of the successful Mahoney family in suburban New Jersey. In a story that spans 25 years, Norris develops a vivid tale of family bonds....sensual prose”—Hartford Courant

 

“Well-crafted....In short vignettes, alternating rapidly like riffled pages in a photograph album, the Mahoney family is seen through a variety of lenses.”—Publishers Weekly

 

“Snapshots is a vivid family portrait, illuminating as it does the strange and complex relationship between past and present. William Norris has a wonderful gift for capturing those ordinary gestures which, like snapshots in a family album, retrospectively emerge as significant and telling in the lives of his engaging and authentic characters. An auspicious debut.”—Katharine Weber, author of The Music Lesson

 

“An honest reflection on the secrets, lies and joys that visit most families—even those that look too good to be true.”—Rocky Mountain News

 

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 157322183X
• ISBN 13: 9781573221832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256