Blanche McCrary Boyd, Author Vintage Books USA $15 (220p) ISBN 978-0-679-73812-1
Boyd's vigorous narrative of a young girl's South Carolina upbringing entertains, but proves too disjointed. Author tour. (July)
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Blanche McCrary Boyd, Author Alfred A. Knopf $23 (288p) ISBN 978-0-679-43008-7
A rollicking, kaleidoscopic trip through the drug-tinged lesbian-feminist counter-culture of the 1970s, Boyd's second novel (after The Revolution of Little Girls) opens as two FBI agents arrive at a ""radical lesbian commune"" in California, the Red
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Blanche McCrary Boyd, Author, Gary L. Fisketjon, Editor Alfred A. Knopf $19 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-40090-5
In this lively tale, novelist and essayist Boyd ( The Redneck Way of Knowledge ) probes a young girl's South Carolina upbringing during the '50s and '60s. Middle-aged Ellen Larraine, an eager soul with a hunger for self-destruction, displays a...
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Blanche McCrary Boyd. Counterpoint, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-1-64009-067-5
This bold, funny, and political novel—Boyd’s first in 20 years—returns readers to the singular voice of Ellen Burns (The Revolution of Little Girls; Terminal Velocity). No longer the radical addict of her younger years, Ellen is now in her 50s and...
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