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An Elegant Woman : a Novel by McPhee, Martha, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is An Elegant Woman : a Novel about?

"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

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

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

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