The Girl in the Photograph - Hardcover

Donnelly, Gabrielle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039914417X ISBN 13: 9780399144172

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1998

Synopsis

When she unearths a photograph of her mother, who had died when she was a child, inscribed to an unknown man, an Irish-American woman returns to Los Angeles to discover who her mother really was, only to meet with lies and deceptions.

About this title

About the Author:

Gabrielle Donnelly was born in London and has lived in Los Angeles since 1980. She reports on show business for a variety of British magazines, and is the author of three highly praised novels--Holy Mother, Faulty Ground, and All Done With Mirrors--published in England. The Girl in the Photograph marks her American debut.

From Library Journal:

Home for her father's funeral, Allegra O'Riordan?single, hip, and thirtysomething?becomes intrigued and later obsessed by a photo of her mother (who died when Allegra was three). This strikingly attractive woman surely is not the same sober, colorless mother whom Allegra vaguely recalls. She interrogates family and friends in her hometown of Los Angeles as a start. However, those who knew Theresa Higgins are strangely reticent and uncommunicative. Why won't Theresa's relatives talk about her? What is the "terrible" thing people say she did? Catholics, especially those of Irish American descent, will enjoy this young woman's search for answers. A story about love, life, truth, and sin, this fourth novel by Donnelly (Faulty Ground, Trafalgar, 1998) may unnerve readers?or cause them to think. Well recommended.?Ellen R. Cohen, Rockville, MD
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 039914417X
• ISBN 13: 9780399144172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280