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Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller


Personal Velocity

Rebecca Miller


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Short stories from the author who brought us The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. The stories of seven women from different classes and backgrounds are told in this brilliant collection, with something for everyone to empathise with and thoroughly enjoy.

 

 



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Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller

The vibrantly fresh and lustrous stories in Miller’s collection explore the multifaceted lives of women in seven arresting portraits. Modern and diverse, these women of different classes and ages struggle with sexuality, fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and an overriding will to survive. We meet Greta, a cookbook editor who is chosen by Tavi, the hottest writer of his generation, to edit his new book. The book becomes a best-seller and Greta is propelled out of her marriage by her own ambition and success. Other characters include Paula, a pregnant twenty-one-year-old, who is on the run from the horror of a man who was hit by a car and died while walking her home from a nightclub; Delia, an abused working-class wife who goes into hiding with her children; and Louisa, a painter who moves rapidly from one lover to the next, acting out a self-perpetuating drama over which she has no control. Edgy, fearless, and beautifully spare, Personal Velocity is a superb collection from one of the best writers in contemporary fiction.


About the Author

Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller worked as a painter and actress before becoming a writer and director. She is the author of the short story collection Personal Velocity, her feature film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and also directed The Ballad of Jack and Rose, which starred her husband Daniel Day-Lewis, and Angela. She lives in Ireland and New York with her family.


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Format
Paperback
224 pages

Author
Rebecca Miller

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Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd

Publication date
2nd July 2009

Categories
Literary / Contemporary
eBooks


ISBN
9781847673466
 



















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