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Anthropology of an American Girl

A Novel

By Hilary Thayer Hamann

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| Hardcover | 9780385527149

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Self-published in 2003, Hilary Thayer Hamann’s Anthropology of an American Girl touched a nerve among readers, who identified with the sexual and intellectual awakening of its heroine, a young woman on the brink of adulthood.  A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, HamaContinue

Self-published in 2003, Hilary Thayer Hamann’s Anthropology of an American Girl touched a nerve among readers, who identified with the sexual and intellectual awakening of its heroine, a young woman on the brink of adulthood.  A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, Hamann’s first novel follows Eveline Auerbach from her high school years in East Hampton, New York, in the 1970s through her early adulthood in the moneyed, high-pressured Manhattan of the 1980s. 

Centering on Evie’s fragile relationship with her family and her thwarted love affair with Harrison Rourke, a professional boxer, the novel is both a love story and an exploration of the difficulty of finding one’s place in the world.  As Evie surrenders to the dazzling emotional highs of love and the crippling loneliness of heartbreak, she strives to reconcile her identity with the constraints that all relationships—whether those familial or romantic, uplifting to the spirit or quietly detrimental—inherently place on us. Though she stumbles and strains against social conventions, Evie remains a strong yet sensitive observer of the world around her, often finding beauty and meaning in unexpected places. 

Newly edited and revised since its original publication, Anthropology of an American Girl is an extraordinary piece of writing, original in its vision and thrilling in its execution.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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  • Book Review: Anthropology of an American Girl

    Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann
    Allen & Unwin, $38.99 Shrink Hilary Thayer Hamann initially published her novel herself. Photo / Supplied Hilary Thayer Hamann's novel, Anthropology of an American Girl, has been heralded as b ... (read full critics)

    nzherald published on Fri, 1 Oct 2010

  • ANTHROPOLOGY OF AN AMERICAN GIRL by Hilary Thayer Hamann

    Review by Poornima Apte (JUN 14, 2010) The “American girl” in the title of this novel refers to Eveline Auerbach, who, when the book opens, is a junior in high school. The novel is set in the late 70’s in East Hampton, New York. Evie (as she is often ... (read full critics)

    mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 624 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0385527144
  • ISBN-13: 9780385527149
  • Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
  • Pub date: May 25, 2010
  • Dimensions: 1522 mm x 1013 mm x 297 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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