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author spotlight
Mary Gordon is the author of the novels Spending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, Final Payments,The Other Side, and Pearl; the short story collections Temporary Shelter and The Stories of Mary Gordon; and the memoir The Shadow Man. She has received a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
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Reading Jesus
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
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 >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
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 >
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Circling My Mother
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
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 >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
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 >
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Pearl
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $15.00
On Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $15.00
On Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested... Read more >
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The Woman Warrior, China Men
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $23.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Here–for the first time in one volume–are two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. In both books Maxine Hong Kingston mines her family’s past and her culture’s stories, weaving myth and memory to fashion works of enormous revelatory power.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $23.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Here–for the first time in one volume–are two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. In both books Maxine Hong Kingston mines her family’s past and her culture’s stories, weaving myth and memory to fashion works of enormous revelatory power.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs... Read more >
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The Stories of Mary Gordon
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $15.95
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 >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $15.95
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 >
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eBook.
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Circling My Mother
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $24.00
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 >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $24.00
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 >
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Final Payments
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.00
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 >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.00
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 >
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The Shadow Man
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 29, 1997
Price: $13.95
In The Shadow Man, the bestselling author of Final Payments and The Company of Women elevates the memoir into an uncompromising and unforgettable art form as she seeks to learn the truth about her lost father. 20 photos. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 29, 1997
Price: $13.95
In The Shadow Man, the bestselling author of Final Payments and The Company of Women elevates the memoir into an uncompromising and unforgettable art form as she seeks to learn the truth about her lost father. 20 photos. Read more >
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The Company of Women
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1986
Price: $19.00
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Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1986
Price: $19.00
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Reading Jesus
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
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 >
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
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 >
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hardcover.
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Circling My Mother
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
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 >
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $14.95
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 >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Stories of Mary Gordon
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
The masterly 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... Read more >
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
The masterly 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... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Pearl
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $15.00
On Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $15.00
On Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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