Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue

James Purdy - undifferentiated

first published 1997 Quill Press, 1999 paperback 182 pages

"Consumed by her effort to understand the turbulent life and stubbornly self-willed death of her daughter, a gifted painter, Carrie Kinsella has been trapped in an emotional limbo that threatens to slide into madness. Her husband, an over-bearing man whom Carrie addresses as "Daddy" and whom she lives in fear of disappointing, himself in failing health, is at once protective and exasperated by her obsessive search f...

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Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue paperback · 1999 · Quill Press · 182 pages · 9780688172268
Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue edition · 1997 · Peter Owen · 148 pages
Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue edition · 1997 · W. Morrow and Co. · 182 pages

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