Book Description
Ellen Gilchrist's debut novel expands the thematic and unusual landscapes the author made indelibly hers in radiantly spun stories. THE ANNUNCIATION follows the desires of Amanda McCarney: an unwed mother on a Mississippi Delta plantation at age fourteen, a wealthy New Orleans matron into her early forties, and now a divorced poetry student living in a university community in the Ozarks. When Amanda finds herself infatuated with an intense young musician, what at first appears to be a sexual intrigue becomes a grand and impossible passion that unfolds with striking parallels to the life of the eighteenth-century French poetess whose work she is translating.
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About the Author
Ellen Gilchrist, winner of the National Book Award for VICTORY OVER JAPAN, has been writing fiction for over twenty-five years and is the author of many story collections and novels. She was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and now lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Annunciation FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ellen Gilchrist's debut novel expands the thematic and visual landscapes the author made indelibly hers in radiantly spun stories. The Annunciation follows the desires of Amanda McCamey: an unwed mother on a Mississippi Delta plantation at age fourteen, a wealthy New Orleans matron until her early forties, and now a divorced poetry student living in a university community in the Ozarks. When Amanda finds herself infatuated with an intense young musician, what at first appears to be a sexual intrigue becomes a grand and impossible passion that unfolds with striking parallels to the life of the eighteenth-century French poetess whose work she is translating.
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