The Company of Women
Author: Gordon, Mary
ISBN: 9780345483010
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Mar 1986
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Mary Gordon's fiction explores the nature of love of religion, of family relationships and, in every sense, illuminates and enhances our lives./b>br>br> Raised by five intensely religious women and a charismatic, controversial priest, sheltered from the secular world, Felicitas Maria Taylor is intelligent, charming, and desperate for a taste of ordinary happiness. More freedom than she has ever imagined awaits her at Columbia University in the 1960s. There, Felicitas falls in love with the worst man for her-with shattering results. Now she must turn again to the company of the women who love her, as she struggles to embrace the future without betraying the past.br> br>b>Praise for i>The Company of Womenbr>/i>/b>br>"A superb, stunningly written novel."b>-/b>i>b>The Philadelphia Inquirer/b>br>/i>br>"Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm."b>-i>Newsday/i>/b>
ISBN: 9780345483010
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Mar 1986
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Mary Gordon's fiction explores the nature of love of religion, of family relationships and, in every sense, illuminates and enhances our lives./b>br>br> Raised by five intensely religious women and a charismatic, controversial priest, sheltered from the secular world, Felicitas Maria Taylor is intelligent, charming, and desperate for a taste of ordinary happiness. More freedom than she has ever imagined awaits her at Columbia University in the 1960s. There, Felicitas falls in love with the worst man for her-with shattering results. Now she must turn again to the company of the women who love her, as she struggles to embrace the future without betraying the past.br> br>b>Praise for i>The Company of Womenbr>/i>/b>br>"A superb, stunningly written novel."b>-/b>i>b>The Philadelphia Inquirer/b>br>/i>br>"Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm."b>-i>Newsday/i>/b>
