The Off Season
Autor Amy Hoffmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 oct 2017
When Nora Griffin, an artist in her midthirties, moves from Brooklyn to Provincetown, she isn't looking for trouble. Her partner, Janelle, is recovering from breast cancer treatment, and together they've decided that the quiet off-season on the tip of Cape Cod is the perfect place for Janelle to heal and Nora to paint. Then charismatic Baby Harris flirts into Nora's life in her red cowboy boots.
In the damp, windy winter, Nora contends with heartbreak, aging, and local environmental worries, while painting what she hopes will be her masterpiece. Along the way, she encounters the chain-smoking, motor scooter–driving landlady Miss Ruby; Reverend Patsy, the vegan minister of the Unitarian church; and Brunhilde, barista extraordinaire and rival for Baby's affections. As the first tourists begin to arrive in June, Nora must decide what she really wants from life.
In the damp, windy winter, Nora contends with heartbreak, aging, and local environmental worries, while painting what she hopes will be her masterpiece. Along the way, she encounters the chain-smoking, motor scooter–driving landlady Miss Ruby; Reverend Patsy, the vegan minister of the Unitarian church; and Brunhilde, barista extraordinaire and rival for Baby's affections. As the first tourists begin to arrive in June, Nora must decide what she really wants from life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299314606
ISBN-10: 029931460X
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 029931460X
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Recenzii
"Read this book while you're at the beach. Read it if you wish you could be at the beach. Just read it!" —Anita Diamant, author of The Boston Girl
"With one of the most effortlessly charming voices you're likely to come across, Amy Hoffman has written a portrait of a place and the madly diverse group of people that lives there. As antic and funny as this irresistible novel is, Hoffman's real triumph is reminding us of the importance of community in the face of hostility and oppression. It's hard to imagine a more timely or necessary reminder." —Stephen McCauley, author of The Object of My Affection
"The Off Season is right on! A sparkling novel about the flora and fauna and florid drama of lesbians living in Provincetown for one memorable season." —Kate Clinton, humorist
Notă biografică
Amy Hoffman is the author of the memoirs Lies about My Family, An Army of Ex-Lovers, and Hospital Time. She teaches in the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College and is editor in chief of the Women's Review of Books.
Cuprins
The Vortex
The Gravitron Starship
The Good Healer
Trouble
Superpowers
Pink Towel
My Heart
Asparagus
The Universe Comes to a Halt but Quickly Starts Up Again
Miss Ruby
Bitches
The Green Teddy
The White Pickup Truck
Pulling Espresso
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Philosophy
Public Education
Vegan Pizza
My Studio
Wheat Paste
Tagging
Stop & Shop
The Mural
Miss Ruby Sits
Dyke Drama
Jellyfish
Dreams R2B Realized
The Shopping Cart Protest
Roger Gets Over It
Wet Suits
The Ballad of Tony and Ruby
Signatures
Where Baby Comes From
False Pretenses
The Special Town Meeting
All Other Boxes
Margot and Marcus
Triangles and Squares
The Call
The Swim
Eyes Open
A Little Rouge
Open Studio
L’Heure Bleue
Janelle
Present Tense
Afterword
Acknowledgments
The Gravitron Starship
The Good Healer
Trouble
Superpowers
Pink Towel
My Heart
Asparagus
The Universe Comes to a Halt but Quickly Starts Up Again
Miss Ruby
Bitches
The Green Teddy
The White Pickup Truck
Pulling Espresso
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Philosophy
Public Education
Vegan Pizza
My Studio
Wheat Paste
Tagging
Stop & Shop
The Mural
Miss Ruby Sits
Dyke Drama
Jellyfish
Dreams R2B Realized
The Shopping Cart Protest
Roger Gets Over It
Wet Suits
The Ballad of Tony and Ruby
Signatures
Where Baby Comes From
False Pretenses
The Special Town Meeting
All Other Boxes
Margot and Marcus
Triangles and Squares
The Call
The Swim
Eyes Open
A Little Rouge
Open Studio
L’Heure Bleue
Janelle
Present Tense
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Descriere
This comic, romantic romp in Provincetown charms with quirky characters and tackles issues of aging, community, and environmental worries with a light touch.