The Heart Is an Instrument

by Blais, Madeleine

• ISBN13: 9780870237720
• ISBN10: 0870237721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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Summary

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais is perhaps best known for her insightful essays chronicling the experiences of the disadvantaged and dispossessed members of our society. This volume gathers fifteen of her most memorable essays, vivid portraits that speak to the realities of contemporary American experience.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
	p. 1
The Disturbance	p. 3
Mother Knows Best	p. 40
Sandy's Baby	p. 56
	p. 81
The: Time Of Her Life	p. 83
A Room Of Her Own	p. 91
Zepp's Last Stand	p. 108
	p. 127
Lethal Weapon	p. 129
The: Twisting Of Kenny White	p. 140
The Babysitter	p. 177
	p. 209
Three Scenes From The Life of A Tormented Playwright	p. 211
The: Pope Of Quotations	p. 228
The: Other Side Of Mary Gordon	p. 245
	p. 263
At Nobody's Mercy	p. 265
The: Poet And The Birthday Girl	p. 286
Monica's Barrel	p. 306
Epilogue Tris Tamara& Tennessee	p. 313
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