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Personal Velocity

By Rebecca Miller

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| eBook | 9781847677747

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The vibrantly fresh and lustrous stories in Miller’s collection explore the multifaceted lives of women in seven arresting portraits. Modern and diverse, these women of different classes and ages struggle with sexuality, fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and an overriding will to survive. WContinue

The vibrantly fresh and lustrous stories in Miller’s collection explore the multifaceted lives of women in seven arresting portraits. Modern and diverse, these women of different classes and ages struggle with sexuality, fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and an overriding will to survive. We meet Greta, a cookbook editor who is chosen by Tavi, the hottest writer of his generation, to edit his new book. The book becomes a best-seller and Greta is propelled out of her marriage by her own ambition and success. Other characters include Paula, a pregnant twenty-one-year-old, who is on the run from the horror of a man who was hit by a car and died while walking her home from a nightclub; Delia, an abused working-class wife who goes into hiding with her children; and Louisa, a painter who moves rapidly from one lover to the next, acting out a self-perpetuating drama over which she has no control. Edgy, fearless, and beautifully spare, Personal Velocity is a superb collection from one of the best writers in contemporary fiction.

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  • Personal velocity

    Sette donne, sette vite, sette sofferenze. Greta, editor di una piccola casa editrice, scopre l'ebbrezza del tradimento assieme a quella della realizzazione professionale; Delia fugge da un marito violento con i suoi figli e cerca di ritrovare un equ ... (read full critics)

    mangialibri published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

  • Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller

    As the daughter of Arthur, the work of Rebecca Miller has inevitably been on the receiving end of some considerable critical attention. However, the filial expectation that this involves has clearly not been detrimental to her creative career, as her ... (read full critics)

    richmondreview published on Fri, 24 Jun 2011

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