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THERE YOUR HEART LIES
A deeply moving novel about an American woman's place during the Spanish Civil War, the lessons she took from it, and how her story will shape her granddaughter's path.
Marian cut herself off from her conservative, wealthy Irish Catholic family when she volunteered during the Spanish Civil Warexperiences she has always kept to herself. Now in her 90s, she shares her Rhode Island cottage with her granddaughter Amelia, a young woman of good heart but only a vague notion of life's purpose. As the narrative unfolds, their daily existence is intertwined with Marian's secret pastthe blow to her youthful idealism when she witnessed the brutalities on both sides of Franco's war, and the romance that left her adrift in Spain with yet another family who misunderstood her. When Marian is diagnosed with cancer, she speaks at last about what happened to her in Spainwhich compels Amelia to journey to Spain herself, to reconcile Marian's past with her own uncertain future.
Mary Gordon is the author of seven novels, including The Love of My Youth; six works of nonfiction, and three collections of short fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. She has received many other honors, including a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
Marian cut herself off from her conservative, wealthy Irish Catholic family when she volunteered during the Spanish Civil Warexperiences she has always kept to herself. Now in her 90s, she shares her Rhode Island cottage with her granddaughter Amelia, a young woman of good heart but only a vague notion of life's purpose. As the narrative unfolds, their daily existence is intertwined with Marian's secret pastthe blow to her youthful idealism when she witnessed the brutalities on both sides of Franco's war, and the romance that left her adrift in Spain with yet another family who misunderstood her. When Marian is diagnosed with cancer, she speaks at last about what happened to her in Spainwhich compels Amelia to journey to Spain herself, to reconcile Marian's past with her own uncertain future.
Mary Gordon is the author of seven novels, including The Love of My Youth; six works of nonfiction, and three collections of short fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. She has received many other honors, including a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
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Published 2017-05-01 by Pantheon |