Bibliograph

Mid-air, two novellas, Victoria Shorr

Type

Label

Mid-air, two novellas, Victoria Shorr

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mid-air

Oclc number

1313783862

Responsibility statement

Victoria Shorr

Sub title

two novellas

Summary

"Fate explored in the fall and rise of two twentieth-century American families. Victoria Shorr's remarkable gift for depicting the inner lives of complex characters shines in two powerful explorations of family, ambition, class, and status. In "Great Uncle Edward," a family gathers for dinner. At 93, Great Uncle Edward commands the table in his three-piece suit; Cousin Russell attended both Harvard and Yale but is now reduced to selling off the family books; sisters Betty and Molly are caught between ghosts of a storied past and creeping destitution. These lives are signposts along the downward spiral of an old aristocracy. "Cleveland Auto Wrecking" introduces Sam White, an immigrant from somewhere in eastern Europe. He cannot read, but has a gift for math and an instinct for the value of junk. We follow his clan through the Depression to the postwar boom in the West, where their fortunes soar, creating new tests of loyalty"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Great Uncle Edward -- Cleveland Auto Wrecking

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