num_pages: 208
description: The twelve stories in Ann Harleman’s second fiction collection span a century (from 1911 to the present) and range over two continents. Her characters confront love and lossheartbreak, adultery, divorce, chronic degenerative illness, disability, and deathwithin a context of political and social upheaval. Their personal battles are intensified by the trials of their the onset of World War I, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, the Iron Curtain, the Cold War, the urban warfare in America’s inner cities, 9/11. Despite their often dire circumstances, Harleman’s characters manage to find moments of light and grace.
language: English
title: THOREAU'S LAUNDRY
titlecomplete: THOREAU'S LAUNDRY
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr