Wise Children
1st American ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Michael Duffy - Author
Publication
1992 - Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewisechildren00cart
- Internet Archivewisechildren0000cart
- ISBN-139780374530945
- ISBN-100374291330
- ISBN-100374530947
and 7 more
- ISBN-139780374291334
- Goodreads1346619
- LibraryThing29568
- Library of Congress Control Number91019920
- Better World Books9780374530945
- Better World Books9780374291334
- Open LibraryOL1541216M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6053.A73 W5 1992
- LCCPR6053.A73W5 1992
Description
In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora -- unacknowledged the daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day -- were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at the age of 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed the Angela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, she created in *Wise Children* an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate the lore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections between parent and child, the transitory and the immortal, authenticity and falsehood.
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Topics
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- Wise Children
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