At Paradise Gate
05 October 2017Imprint: Mantle
Synopsis
In At Paradise Gate, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Jane Smiley paints with searing accuracy a portrait of a marriage at breaking point and one family's struggle for survival.
While seventy-seven-year-old Ike Robison is dying in his bedroom upstairs, his wife, Anna, must defend all that they have built together throughout their lengthy marriage as their house is invaded by their...
Details
05 October 2017224 pages
9781509844173Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Smiley's sharp insights, the homely use of details of family life, and the mysteries of marriage set this book apart . . . One to re-read with appreciation and pleasureThe Fresno Bee
Studded with sensuous descriptive passages and marked with slivers of insight - a treat for senses and intellect alike. For Smiley, another quite remarkable effortLibrary Journal
Complex domestic tensions . . . honest, moving, quietly splendidKirkus Reviews
