Broadway baby
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Alan Shapiro
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781565129832
Subjects: Actresses; Motherhood; Ambition; Families; Fiction
Description: "As a little girl growing up in Boston, Miriam Bluestein fantasized about a life lived on stage, specifically in a musical. Get married, have a family--sure, maybe she'd do those things, too, but first and foremost there was her career. As a woman, she is both tormented and consoled by those dreams in her day-to-day existence with her family, including a short-tempered husband, a cranky mother, and three demanding children, one of whom, Ethan, shows real talent for the stage. It is through Ethan that Miriam strives to realize her dreams. As she pushes him to make the most of his talent, the rest of her life gradually comes undone, with her husband becoming increasingly frustrated and her other two children--Sam, a mass of quirks and idiosyncrasies, and Julie, hostile and bitter--withdrawing into their own worlds. Still Miriam dreams, praying for that big finale, which, when it comes, is nothing that she ever could have imagined."--from publisher's description.
Notes: Includes a note from the author and reader's guide (p. [263]-269).