Machine Dreams
By Jayne Anne PhillipsIn her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jeans becomes the main breadwinner, working to coplete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is "among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all" (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 327 pages
- English
- 052524252X
- 9780525242529
About Jayne Anne Phillips
jayne anne phillips (born july 19, 1952) is an american novelist and short story writer who was born in the small town of buckhannon, west virginia.phillip Read More about Jayne Anne Phillips
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