The High Road - Softcover

Shannon, Faith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140131876 ISBN 13: 9780140131871

Publisher: Zondervan, 1970

Synopsis

Explores the many roads traveled by women in a tale of three women on European island who experience life's disappointments, changes, and quiet surprises

About this title

About the Author:

EDNA O’BRIEN is the author of eighteen works of fiction, including the New York Times Notable Books and Book Sense picks Wild Decembers and In the Forest, and Lantern Slides, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2002 she won the National Medal for Fiction from the National Arts Club. An honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, O’Brien was born and grew up in Ireland and has lived in London for many years.

From Library Journal:

Like all O'Brien's novels, this work is about womanas mother, daughter, victim, and lover. The story takes place on a resort island that, with its sexual repression, gossipy neighbors, and strongly Catholic sentiments, is a thinly disguised version of Irish country towns. Here narrator Anna seeks refuge from human contact and here she meets Catalina, who reawakens an appreciation of life and a hope for happiness that is soon dashed by the moral constraints of the society. This new novel has all O'Brien's virtuescomplex female characters and lyrical descriptionsas well as all her flaws, especially her limited depiction of male characters. It may not earn O'Brien a greater reputation or a wider audience, but it should satisfy her devoted fans.Donald P. Kaczvinsky, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
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About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0140131876
• ISBN 13: 9780140131871
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192