Reading Jesus
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42457-1 (0-375-42457-1)

In the introduction to this remarkable book, Mary Gordon is riding in a taxi as the driver listens to a religious broadcast, and she reflects that, though a lifelong Christian, she is at odds with many others who identify themselves as Christians. In an effort to understand whether or not she... Read more >

Circling My Mother

Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27761-9 (0-307-27761-5)

Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, was the personification of the culture of the mid-century American Catholic working class. A hard-working single mother – Mary Gordon's father died when she was still a girl – she managed to hold down a job, dress smartly, raise... Read more >

The Stories of Mary Gordon

Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7808-0 (1-4000-7808-3)

The stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer's craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American family life she circles in the early Temporary Shelter series, as well... Read more >

Circling My Mother
A Memoir
Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42456-4 (0-375-42456-3)

In this triumphant return to nonfiction after two critically acclaimed works of fiction, Mary Gordon gives us a rich, bittersweet memoir about her mother, their relationship and her role as daughter.

Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, lived a life colored by large forces: immigration... Read more >

Final Payments

Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-27678-0 (0-307-27678-3)

When Isabel Moore's father dies, she finds herself, at the age of thirty, suddenly freed from eleven years of uninterrupted care for a helpless man. With all the patterns of her life suddenly rendered meaningless, she turns to childhood friends for support, gets a job, and becomes involved with two very... Read more >

Pearl

Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7807-3 (1-4000-7807-5)

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The Woman Warrior, China Men

Written by Maxine Hong Kingston
Introduction by Mary Gordon

Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4384-2 (1-4000-4384-0)

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The Shadow Man
A Daughter's Search for Her Father
Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 29, 1997
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74931-8 (0-679-74931-4)

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The Company of Women

Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 12, 1986
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-48301-0 (0-345-48301-4)

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