Summary
Frederica Wagman writes of family, of passing generations, of love and striving, and of grief, loss, and renewal. Her narrator begins with a day blurred in memory and concludes many all-too-fleeting years later, when she meets the woman her son would marry and realizes who she has become. Her son is marrying Marty Fish, born poor and abused, and the world of Mrs. Hornstien is one of triple strands of pearls and vaulted ceilings.
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"A consumer fantasy, yes, but this bologna wrapped up like a Black Forest ham should sell."
-- Kirkus
"In an era suspicious of expertise, when everyone with a few megs and a mouse can pass herself off as an authority on anything, [Mrs. Horstien] is living proof that anyone can be a philosopher." -- Ellen Feldman
-- New York Times Book Review
"An honest, humane, and surprising book."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Incredibly powerful....Mrs. Hornstien dazzles."
-- Booklist
"If you fell for 'The Bridges of Madison County', you just might succumb to 'Mrs. Horstien'."
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 106
Publisher's Notes
A novel about family, love, loss, renewal, and changing generations follows a young woman's first encounter with her prospective mother-in-law, Mrs. Hornstien, and her realization years later, as she meets her son's fiancee, that she has become that samewoman.
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