AS A YOUNG WOMAN, Tilly flees home for the hollow underworld of Nevada, looking for pure souls and finding nothing but bad habits. One day, after Tilly has spent nearly thirty years without a family,

The Gin Closet: A Novel

AS A YOUNG WOMAN, Tilly flees home for the hollow underworld of Nevada, looking for pure souls and finding nothing but bad habits. One day, after Tilly has spent nearly thirty years without a family, drinking herself to the brink of death, her niece Stellaâ‚¬"who has been leading her own life of empty promise in New York Cityâ‚¬"arrives on the doorstep of Tillyâ‚¬s desert trailer. The Gin Closet unravels the strange and powerful intimacy that forms between them. With an uncanny ear for dialogue and a witty, unflinching candor about sex, love, and power, Leslie Jamison reminds us that no matter how unexpected its turns, the life weâ‚¬re given is all we have: the cruelties that unhinge us, the beauties that clarify us, the addictions that deform us, those fleeting possibilities of grace that fade as quickly as they come. The Gin Closet marks the debut of a stunning new talent in fiction.
Country USA
Brand Free Press
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 348052
ReleaseDate 2011-05-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439153239

The Gin Closet: A Novel