
Product Description Anna Gagliano Gordon, la madre de la gran escritora estadounidense Mary Gordon, murio en 2002 a los 94 años, tras pasar por la experiencia de la inmigracion, la guerra mundial, la Gran Depresion, una enfermedad durante la infancia -la polio- de la que se salvaria pero que dejaria secuelas en su fisico, y, ya en la madurez, episodios de alcoholismo que la conducirian a la amargura. Su hija, Mary Gordon, se propone escribir un libro sobre ella, abarcando todas las facetas de su personalidad: hija, hermana, cabeza de familia, mujer con un gran amor por el trabajo, que convivio con un hombre sin pasar por el matrimonio y madre soltera. Descubrimos el humor sardonico de Anna, su amor por los placeres simples de la vida, su coraje para eludir la estrechez de miras del clan familiar en una epoca de constantes cambios sociales y culturales. Con su excepcional talento para dotar de vida a los personajes, recrear ambientes y bucear en los mas hondos sentimientos humanos, Mary Gordon, al intentar recobrar la fi gura de su madre muerta, ha escrito un libro profundamente emotivo e impactante. From the Back Cover In this triumphant return to nonfiction after two critically acclaimed works of fiction, Mary Gordon gives us a rich, bittersweet memoir about her mother, their relationship and her role as daughter. Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, lived a life colored by large forces: immigration, world war, the Great Depression, and physical affliction--she contracted Polio at the age of 3 and experienced the ravages of both alcoholism and dementia. A hard-working single mother--Gordons father died when she was still a girl--Anna was the personification of the culture of the mid-century American Catholic working class. Yet, even in the face of these setbacks, she managed hold down a job, to dress smartly and raise her daughter on her own, and though she was never a fan of the arts which so attracted Mary, she worshiped the be
Page Count:
350
Publication Date:
2010-01-01
ISBN-10:
8402420915
ISBN-13:
9788402420916
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