When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her irresponsible, alcoholic father thrown in jail. Since then, Lucy has become a furious adolescent - raging against middle-class life and provincial American piety - intent on reforming the men around her: especially her incompetent mama's boy of a husband, Roy. As time rolls on, Lucy struggles to free herself of the terrible disappointment engendered by her father, and is forever yearning for the man he could never be. It is with scalpel-like precision that Roth depicts the rage, the hatred and the ferocity of feeling that soon takes hold of Lucy's life.
| ISBN: | 9780099484998 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2007 |
| Author: | Philip Roth |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her irresponsible, alcoholic father thrown in jail. Since then, Lucy has become a furious adolescent - raging against middle-class life and provincial American piety - intent on reforming the men around her: especially her incompetent mama's boy of a husband, Roy. As time rolls on, Lucy struggles to free herself of the terrible disappointment engendered by her father, and is forever yearning for the man he could never be. It is with scalpel-like precision that Roth depicts the rage, the hatred and the ferocity of feeling that soon takes hold of Lucy's life.
When She Was Good features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
When She Was Good is available in Ebook, Paperback
When She Was Good was written by Philip Roth and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
When She Was Good has 306 pages
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