Shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
A young teenage girl finds herself caught up in the complicated, emotional lives of a couple and their young adopted daughter. Touching on themes of adoption, race, relationships, politics there is plenty here for discussion.
“This is the only book of all the many books we’ve read, that made me stop and put the book down and walk away because I was so shocked… It’s a great book, it’s got scenes in there that are really unusual, that keep sticking in my mind. It stayed with me a really long time after I read it and I’m very happy it’s on the shortlist.” Miranda Sawyer (Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 judging panel)
With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household.
A Gate at the Stairs features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, General Fiction, Fiction
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A Gate at the Stairs was written by Lorrie Moore and published by Faber and Faber
A Gate at the Stairs has 432 pages
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