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Artifact (Paperback)
Arlene Heyman
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'A wise, intimate tale that is by turns joyful, sorrowful and
explicit' Observer 'The author delves deep into Lottie's psyche,
shying away from nothing, to create a rounded and gripping portrait
of a woman on the edge of change' Daily Mail Lottie Kristin is
independent from the start. Born in the middle of the century to a
middle-class family in the very middle of America, Lottie is set
apart by her smarts and sensuality. A girl who'd rather carry out
dissections on a snowy back porch than join her family for
Christmas dinner is a strange and exotic artifact in the town of
Sleeping Bay. But by her early twenties, Lottie finds herself
trapped in a marriage gone stale, with a daughter she adores but
whose existence jeopardizes her place in the lab and her dream of
becoming a scientist. How can a young woman make her way in a world
determined to contain her brilliance, her will, and her longing to
live? Bravely and wisely written, Artifact is an intimate and
propulsive portrait of a whole woman, a celebration of her refusal
to be defined by others' imaginations, and a meditation on the
glorious chaos of biological life.
A breathtaking, funny, moving debut collection of short stories
about aging, relationships and sex 'A bold, hilarious and
intelligent debut' Irish Times 'The author writes with such
intimacy and precision that she frequently makes you feel like a
trespasser in the bedroom' Daily Mail _____________________ A woman
goes about certain rituals of sex with her second husband, sharing
the bed with the ghosts of her sexual past. A beautiful young art
student embarks on an affair with a much older, married, famous
artist. A middle-aged woman struggles with the decline of her
mother, once glamorous and still commanding; their fraught
relationship causes unexpected feelings both shaming and brutal. A
man finds that his father has died while in the midst of
extra-marital sex and wonders what he should do with the body. And
a boy sits in his Calculus class, fantasizing about a schoolmate's
breasts and worrying about his father lying in hospital, as outside
his classroom window the Twin Towers begin to fall. In this
stunning, taboo-breaking debut, Arlene Heyman, a practicing
psychiatrist, gives us what really goes on in people's minds,
relationships, and beds. Raw, tender, funny, truthful and often
shocking, Scary Old Sex is a fierce exploration of the chaos and
beauty of life.
'A wise, intimate tale that is by turns joyful, sorrowful and
explicit' Observer 'The author delves deep into Lottie's psyche,
shying away from nothing, to create a rounded and gripping portrait
of a woman on the edge of change' Daily Mail Lottie Kristin is
independent from the start. Born in the middle of the century to a
middle-class family in the very middle of America, Lottie is set
apart by her smarts and sensuality. A girl who'd rather carry out
dissections on a snowy back porch than join her family for
Christmas dinner is a strange and exotic artifact in the town of
Sleeping Bay. But by her early twenties, Lottie finds herself
trapped in a marriage gone stale, with a daughter she adores but
whose existence jeopardizes her place in the lab and her dream of
becoming a scientist. How can a young woman make her way in a world
determined to contain her brilliance, her will, and her longing to
live? Bravely and wisely written, Artifact is an intimate and
propulsive portrait of a whole woman, a celebration of her refusal
to be defined by others' imaginations, and a meditation on the
glorious chaos of biological life.
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