The Season of Lillian Dawes
By Katherine Mosby
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780066212722, 288pp.)
Publication Date: April 2002
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback
Categories: General
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""There is, in most lives, a defining moment, a point dividing time into before and after...."" Mosby beautifully traces the trajectory of consequence that will change all three lives. "The Season of Lillian Dawes" is a wondrous novel that chronicles a young man's first tour of the adult world.
“Mosby has a true storyteller’s voice.”
-Boston Globe on PRIVATE ALTARS
“Enchanting, heartfelt, haunting.”
-The Charlotte Observer
“Mosby writes like no one working today.”
-New York Newsday
“A charming novel with needle–sharp wit and the lingering aroma of youthful infatuation.”
-Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife
“Mosby’s rich, elegant writing makes this novel memorable.”
-Booklist
“Mosby shows an extraordinary gift. A.”
-Entertainment Weekly
“Mosby’s elegant, poetic prose is as smooth and shimmering as velvet.”
-Publishers Weekly
“A fairy tale of enormous charm.”
-Annabel Davis–Goff, author of This Cold Country
“…An unusual, extraordinary work that there is really nothing to compare it to in contemporary fiction.”
-Madison Smartt Bell
“Mosby writes with fluid grace…her images are magical.”
-People on PRIVATE ALTARS
“…a wistful fairy-tale.”
-Seattle Times
“…effortless and seductive…”
-Baltimore Sun
“Mosby has an impeccable way with narration and dialogue”.
-USA Today
“Intensely romantic…sings with a music seldom found in contemporary writing.”
-Richmond Times-Dispatch
“A pleasure to read.”
-Orlando Sentinel
“Tremendously ambitious…and impressive.”
-The New Yorker on PRIVATE ALTARS
“Rich and accomplished.”
-Time Magazine on PRIVATE ALTARS
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