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| Genre/Form: | Biographical fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Elizabeth Bishop; Lota de Macedo Soares |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Sledge |
| ISBN: | 9781582435763 1582435766 |
| OCLC Number: | 466334613 |
| Description: | 328 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Sledge. |
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Praise for "The More I Owe You"<br><br>"A moving novel of an illicit and impassioned relationship." --"Kirkus"<br><br>"Sledge's cinematic novel is as lush and fecund as the jungle itself, with its innumerable fruits, ferns, and hidden dangers, leaving readers with the indelible image of a brilliant, tormented woman writing tirelessly through the tropic night by the light of a kerosene lamp . . . Strong and intoxicating." --"Booklist"<br><br>"A novel of extraordinary beauty, intimacy, and such consummate tenderness for its complex Elizabeth that one wonders how Sledge managed to slide so close to her soul. A gorgeous meditation on enduring love, damage, and what it can be to be happy, for however brief a moment. Bravo, bravo, bravo." --Stacey D'Erasmo, author of "The Sky Below"<br><br>"A beautiful dream of a book. Sumptuously detailed, deeply felt, it is as if Sledge slipped back in time and walked every step with Elizabeth Bishop, breathed every breath with her." --Alison Smith, author of "Name All the Animals"<br><br>Praise for "Mother and Son"<br><br>"[A] sensitive account." --"Publishers Weekly"<br><br>"This book manages to be intimate and completely honest without being sentimental or self-indulgent. One of the finest examples of memoir I've ever read." --Chad LeJeune, author of "The Worry Trap"<br><br>"Such affecting prose stays with us long after book's end." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"<br><br>"Michael Sledge has created unforgettable scenes . . . he has been honest enough to allow us to see how a tiny aberration can spin a life into patterns no one dreamed of." --"The New York Times Book Review"<br><br>"A courageous endeavor." --"San Francisco Focus Magazine"<br> Read more...

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