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"A portrait of self-creation in the vein of F. Scott Fitzgerald"," ( The Wall Street Journal ) An Elegant Woman is "a rich exploration of legacy and memory" ( Entertainment Weekly ) that follows four generations of women against the sweep of 20th century American history. Drawn from the author's own family history, this powerful, moving multigenerational saga from National Book Award finalist Martha McPhee masterfully explores the stories we tell ourselves, and what we leave out. As Isadora, a novelist, and two of her sisters sift through the artifacts of their forebears' lives, trying to decide what to salvage and what to toss, the story shifts to a winter day in 1910 at a train station in Ohio. Two girls wait in the winter cold with their mother—the mercurial Glenna Stewart—to depart for a new life in the West. As Glenna campaigns in Montana for women's suffrage and teaches in one-room schoolhouses, Tommy takes care of her little sister, Katherine: trapping animals, begging, keeping house, cooking, while Katherine goes to school. When Katherine graduates, Tommy makes a decision that will change the course of both of their lives. Told "with an easy grace many historical novels

Who reads An Elegant Woman : a Novel?

Author

McPhee, Martha, author

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501179594

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.8 / 5 (180 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14