Miller, Sue:Lost in the Forest: A Novel
- hardcover 2005, ISBN: 9781400042265
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Hardcover Very Good Ships From Canada Very good in new dust jacket Stamp on first white page + on 3rd page and on top of outside border of book, otherwise new Sewn binding Cloth over boards 272 p Audience: General/trade From Library Journal More advice on achieving one's potential? this time from tennis star/actress Crosby Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc Book Description Cathy Lee Crosby is an internationally known and multitalented actress, writer, and producer--star of stage, film, and television Six years ago, however, in spite of her success, four traumatic events left her world in chaos and despair: the death of her grandmother, contracting Epstein-Barr Syndrome, divorcing football star Joe Theisman and declaring bankruptcy after Joe sued her for half of everything Let the Magic Begin is the powerful, inspiring story of Cathy Lee's journey back in the realm of what she calls the Bliss Zone In her totally entertaining, yet heartfelt account of how her life forced her out of th, 3, MP3 Audio CD. A London Fête (in Short Poetry Collection 088 ) All night fell hammers, shock on shock; With echoes Newgate's granite clang'd: The scaffold built, at eight o'clock They brought the man out to be hang'd. Then came from all the people there A single cry, that shook the air; Mothers held up their babes to see, Who spread their hands, and crow'd for glee; Here a girl from her vesture tore A rag to wave with, and join'd the roar; There a man, with yelling tired, Stopp'd, and the culprit's crime inquired; A sot, below the doom'd man dumb, Bawl'd his health in the world to come; These blasphemed and fought for places; Those, half-crush'd, cast frantic faces, To windows, where, in freedom sweet, Others enjoy'd the wicked treat. At last, the show's black crisis pended; Struggles for better standings ended; The rabble's lips no longer curst, But stood agape with horrid thirst; Thousands of breasts beat horrid hope; Thousands of eyeballs, lit with hell, Burnt one way all, to see the rope Unslacken as the platform fell. The rope flew tight; and then the roar Burst forth afresh; less loud, but more Confused and affrighting than before. A few harsh tongues for ever led The common din, the chaos of noises, But ear could not catch what they said. As when the realm of the damn'd rejoices At winning a soul to its will, That clatter and clangour of hateful voices Sicken'd and stunn'd the air, until The dangling corpse hung straight and still. The show complete, the pleasure past, The solid masses loosen'd fast: A thief slunk off, with ample spoil, To ply elsewhere his daily toil; A baby strung its doll to a stick; A mother praised the pretty trick; Two children caught and hang'd a cat; Two friend, 0, MP3 Audio CD. A London Fête (in Short Poetry Collection 088 ) All night fell hammers, shock on shock; With echoes Newgate's granite clang'd: The scaffold built, at eight o'clock They brought the man out to be hang'd. Then came from all the people there A single cry, that shook the air; Mothers held up their babes to see, Who spread their hands, and crow'd for glee; Here a girl from her vesture tore A rag to wave with, and join'd the roar; There a man, with yelling tired, Stopp'd, and the culprit's crime inquired; A sot, below the doom'd man dumb, Bawl'd his health in the world to come; These blasphemed and fought for places; Those, half-crush'd, cast frantic faces, To windows, where, in freedom sweet, Others enjoy'd the wicked treat. At last, the show's black crisis pended; Struggles for better standings ended; The rabble's lips no longer curst, But stood agape with horrid thirst; Thousands of breasts beat horrid hope; Thousands of eyeballs, lit with hell, Burnt one way all, to see the rope Unslacken as the platform fell. The rope flew tight; and then the roar Burst forth afresh; less loud, but more Confused and affrighting than before. A few harsh tongues for ever led The common din, the chaos of noises, But ear could not catch what they said. As when the realm of the damn'd rejoices At winning a soul to its will, That clatter and clangour of hateful voices Sicken'd and stunn'd the air, until The dangling corpse hung straight and still. The show complete, the pleasure past, The solid masses loosen'd fast: A thief slunk off, with ample spoil, To ply elsewhere his daily toil; A baby strung its doll to a stick; A mother praised the pretty trick; Two children caught and hang'd a cat; Two friend, 0, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 2005 Hard Cover. v, 247 pp. For nearly two decades, since the publication of her iconic first novel, The Good Mother, Sue Miller has distinguished herself as one of our most elegant and widely celebrated chroniclers of family life, with a singular gift for laying bare the interior lives of her characters. In each of her novels, Miller has written with exquisite precision about the experience of grace in daily life–the sudden, epiphanic recognition of the extraordinary amid the ordinary–as well as the sharp and unexpected motions of the human heart away from it, toward an unruly netherworld of upheaval and desire. But never before have Miller's powers been keener or more transfixing than they are in Lost in the Forest, a novel set in the vineyards of Northern California that tells the story of a young girl who, in the wake of a tragic accident, seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope. With astonishing sensuality and immediacy, Lost in the Forest moves through the most intimate realms of domestic life, from grief and sex to adolescence and marriage. It is a stunning, kaleidoscopic evocation of a family in crisis, written with delicacy and masterful care. For her lifelong fans and those just discovering Sue Miller for the first time, here is a rich and gorgeously layered tale of a family breaking apart and coming back together again: Sue Miller at her inimitable best., Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, 4<
