Where She Went

by Walbert, Kate (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140283631
• ISBN10: 0140283633
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

The linked stories in Kate Walbert's debut collection examine the very contemporary predicament of families without geographic roots.
The first half of the book chronicles the life of Marion Clark, a "company wife" who repeatedly packs the household and accompanies her husband around the globe. In the stories that follow, her adult daughter, Rebecca, dutifully attempts to fulfill her mother's thwarted aspirations.
From the patchwork of communication that unfolds between mother and daughter, Walbert creates a narrative that is both fractured and lyrical.

Table of Contents

Paris 1991	p. 13
Marion
Niagara Falls 1955	p. 29
New York 1954	p. 35
Tokyo 1963	p. 55
Rochester 1965	p. 63
Norfolk 1966	p. 73
A Place on a Lake 1966	p. 87
Baltimore 1975	p. 101
Rebecca
Jamaica 1978	p. 111
Florence 1980	p. 119
Giuseppe 1988	p. 127
New York 1988	p. 155
Istanbul 1990	p. 165
Ithaca 1992	p. 175
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