Books by Mary Gardner and Complete Book Reviews

Milkweed
Milkweed
Mary Gardner, Author Papier-Mache Press $18 (307p) ISBN 978-0-918949-46-2
Born on a North Dakota farm just after the turn of the century and cut adrift early by the murder of her parents, the uncompromising Susan May McIntire, protagonist of Gardner's second novel (after Keeping Warm) passes through 70 years holding...
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Boat People
Boat People
Mary Gardner, Author W. W. Norton & Company $21 (277p) ISBN 978-0-393-03738-8
Vietnamese immigrants struggle with the burdens of faraway loved ones, unfamiliar customs and the scars of their flight from home in this evocative novel set in Galveston, Tex. Hai Truong is possessed by a spirit, a ``ghost husband'' who will not...
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Keeping Warm
Keeping Warm
Mary Gardner, Author Atheneum Books $17.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-689-11841-8
Like its heroine, petite and ordinary Kay Lombard, this first novel starts out a little slowly, its emphasis on restraint and evenness. By the story's conclusion, however, the lid's been blown off, and things won't ever be quite the same. Kay...
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