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Mr. Emerson's Wife by Amy Belding Brown (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312336373

ISBN-139780312336370

eBay Product ID (ePID)43827052

Product Key Features

Book TitleMr. Emerson's Wife

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Historical

Publication Year2005

GenreFiction

AuthorAmy Belding Brown

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-023940

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Amy Belding Brown's novel is a beautiful work that renders effortlessly the sentiments and sensuousness of a woman who is, to use Ms. Brown's own terms, "at war with herself, a woman of opposites who yearns to reconcile her mental acuity with her emotional sensitivity." The spiritual, emotional and intellectual lives she is after illuminating for us are wonderfully ambitious, and it is quite refreshing to see that ambition backed up with a quality of writing that bears up to the weight of its subject matter." - Bret Lott, author of A Song I Knew by Heart, "Amy Belding Brown's novel is a beautiful work that renders effortlessly the sentiments and sensuousness of a woman who is, to use Ms. Brown's own terms, "at war with herself, a woman of opposites who yearns to reconcile her mental acuity with her emotional sensitivity." The spiritual, emotional and intellectual lives she is after illuminating for us are wonderfully ambitious, and it is quite refreshing to see that ambition backed up with a quality of writing that bears up to the weight of its subject matter." - Bret Lott, author ofA Song I Knew by Heart

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisIn this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson's wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social conventions and concern for her family's reputation. Drawn to the erotic energy and intellect of close family friend Henry David Thoreau, she struggles to negotiate the confusing territory between love and friendship while maintaining her moral authority and inner strength. In the course of the book, she deals with overwhelming social demands, faces devastating personal loss, and discovers the deepest meaning of love. Lidian eventually encounters the truth of her own character and learns that even our faults can lead us to independence., This portrait of a marriage between a young, strong-minded girl and one of America's greatest philosophers joins the ranks of bestsellers like Girl with a Pearl Earring and Ahab's Wife

LC Classification NumberPS3552.R6839M7 2005