You Know When the Men Are Gone

Fallon, Siobhan

ISBN 10: 0399157204 / ISBN 13: 9780399157202

Editore: Amy Einhorn Books, New York, 2011

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First printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "Dear J-- / Loved your stories of -- / So wonderful to meet you! / Best, / Siobhan Fallon / 11/30/2010." The author's debut novel; this is the "uncorrected proof for limited distribution" or advance reading copy, in illustrated wraps, signed copies of which are uncommon. Book is square and unmarked; spine and wraps are uncreased. Sleeve protected. Codice articolo 004977

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Titolo: You Know When the Men Are Gone

Casa editrice: Amy Einhorn Books, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Near Fine

autografato: Signed by Author(s)

Edizione: First Edition

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Riassunto:

An anthology of interconnected stories tours the experiences of Fort Hood military wives who are privy to each others’ lives by community housing and who share a poignant vigil during which they raise children while waiting for their husbands to return.

Recensione:

"There is the war we know—from Hollywood and CNN, about dirt-smeared soldiers disarming IEDs and roaring along in Humvees and kicking down the doors of terrorist hideouts—and then there is the battleground at home depicted by breakout author Siobhan Fallon, an army wife with a neglected, deeply important perspective and a staggering arsenal of talent, her sentences popping like small arm fire, her stories scaring a gasp out of you like tracer rounds burning in the night sky over your home town."
– Benjamin Percy, author of The Wilding, Refresh, Refresh, and The Language of Elk
"What a fascinating, rare glimpse into the domesticity of war. This is a wonderful debut. Each beautifully rendered story is braced with intelligence and wisdom."
– Jill Ciment