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A Cure for Dreams
Contributor(s): Gibbons, Kaye (Author)

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 ISBN: 0945575335     ISBN-13: 9780945575337
Publisher: Algonquin Books
OUR PRICE: $14.41  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1991
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Annotation: Like her first two award-winning novels (Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman), A Cure for Dreams is set in the rural and small-town South and draws richly upon the author's ear for comic turns of phrase and her sure grasp of the humor, pathos, and dignity of supposedly "ordinary" people. The determination of the women of the story to assert themselves in confining, dependent situations makes for uplifting, enjoyable reading.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 90047864
Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.24" W x 7.31" L (0.65 lbs) 170 pages
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 02/01/1991
Publishers Weekly 01/25/1991
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 75996
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In a small Southern town, a group of women caught up in secondary roles struggles to expand the dimensions of their lives in a world of poverty and male domination.

Contributor Bio(s): Gibbons, Kaye: - Kaye Gibbons was born in Nash County, North Carolina and attended Rocky Mount Senior High School, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her first novel, Ellen Foster, was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction of the American Academy and Institute of the Arts and Letters and a special citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. She has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and was recently awarded the PEN/Revson Fellowship for A Cure for Dreams. She is writer-in-residence at the Library of North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Michael, and their three daughters Mary, Leslie and Louise, live in Raleigh.
 
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