The Family Markowitz: Fiction

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ò From the author of The Chalk Artist, this beloved collection of linked stories is ôone of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a whileö (The Boston Globe). In this beloved collection of linked short stories, Allegra Goodman writes with wit and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes: Rose, the displaced, cantankerous matriarch; her devoted son, Henry, an aesthete living abroad; his younger brother, Ed, a Georgetown scholar specializing in terrorism; EdÆs wife, Sarah, a housewife with stalled literary ambitions; and their eldest daughter, Miriam, whose budding Orthodoxy bewilders her parents. Through the rhythm of ordinary family ritualsùweddings, holiday dinners, hospital vigilsùGoodman breathes extraordinary life into a cast of characters who reverberate with authenticity and never fail to speak their minds. Praise for The Family Markowitz ôThese stories sound like no one elseÆs. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life.öùLos Angeles Times ôEntertaining . . . The Family Markowitz has great consistency and charm.öùClaire Messud, The New York Times Book Review ôA revelation . . . GoodmanÆs prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind.öùDwight Garner, Salon ôOne of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . [Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture.öùThe Boston Globe ôFunny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book.öùMichiko Kakutani, The New York Times

• | Author: Allegra Goodman
• | Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
• | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0812984552
• | ISBN-13: 9780812984552