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Playing House by Fredrica Wagman (2008, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSteerforth Press

ISBN-101581952252

ISBN-139781581952254

eBay Product ID (ePID)62381009

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlaying House

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorFredrica Wagman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Jarring, shocking, brilliantly written, and surprisingly funny." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "A haunting tale." - The Los Angeles Times Book Review "A dense, rich novel." - The Pittsburgh Press "The story is passionate and moving, the style flowing and lyrical." - Minneapolis Tribune "A kind of unsparing honesty that makes you shiver but also stop to admire." - The Washington Post , "Jarring, shocking, brilliantly written, and surprisingly funny." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "A haunting tale." -The Los Angeles Times Book Review "A dense, rich novel." -The Pittsburgh Press "The story is passionate and moving, the style flowing and lyrical." -Minneapolis Tribune "A kind of unsparing honesty that makes you shiver but also stop to admire." -The Washington Post, "Jarring, shocking, brilliantly written, and surprisingly funny." -- "The Philadelphia Inquirer" "A haunting tale." -- "The Los Angeles Times Book Review" "A dense, rich novel." -- "The Pittsburgh Press" "The story is passionate and moving, the style flowing and lyrical." -- "Minneapolis Tribune" "A kind of unsparing honesty that makes you shiver but also stop to admire." --" The Washington Post"

Dewey Decimal813/.5/4

SynopsisA probing descent into madness, Playing House is the shocking story of one woman's struggle with the lasting effects of a childhood sexual relationship with her brother. A literary tour de force with an introduction by Philip Roth., When Playing House appeared in 1973, Publishers Weekly hailed it, "A probing descent into madness that will fascinate the same audience that appreciated I Never Promised You a Rose Garden ." This nationally bestselling story of one woman's struggle with the lasting effects of a childhood sexual relationship with her brother shocked American readers; it remains a literary work of enduring quality and value. In his foreword Philip Roth writes, "The traumatized child; the institutionalized wife; the haunting desire; the ghastly business of getting through the day - what is striking about Wagman's treatment of these contemporary motifs is the voice of longing in which the heroine shamelessly confesses to the incestuous need that is at once her undoing and her only hope.", A probing descent into madness, Playing House examines one woman's struggle with the lasting effect of a childhood sexual relationship with her brother., When "Playing House" appeared in 1973, "Publishers Weekly" hailed it, "A probing descent into madness that will fascinate the same audience that appreciated "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,"" This nationally bestselling story of one woman's struggle with the lasting effects of a childhood sexual relationship with her brother shocked American readers; it remains a literary work of enduring quality and value. In his foreword Philip Roth writes, "The traumatized child; the institutionalized wife; the haunting desire; the ghastly business of getting through the day - what is striking about Wagman's treatment of these contemporary motifs is the voice of longing in which the heroine shamelessly confesses to the incestuous need that is at once her undoing and her only hope."

LC Classification NumberPS3573.A36