Property Of
By Alice Hoffman
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Paperback, 9780374531836, 288pp.)
Publication Date: May 12, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (May 2000), Mass Market Paperback (September 1993), Mass Market Paperback (February 1986), Mass Market Paperback (June 1978)
Categories: General
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When Property Of was published in 1977, Kirkus Reviews described it as “that precious commodity, the first novel of great promise.” In telling the story of a young outsider who is obsessed with her gang-leader lover but unwilling to commit to becoming one of “the Property of the Orphans”—the tough girls who belong to the boys on the avenue—Alice Hoffman explores hard truths about how difficult it is to love another, and yet how much more difficult it is to pull away.
Alice Hoffman is the author of over a dozen novels. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
When Property Of was published in 1977, Kirkus Reviews described it as "that precious commodity, the first novel of great promise." Alice Hoffman has gone on to fulfill that promise in later works, but perhaps none achieve the emotional immediacy of Property Of. In telling the story of a young outsider who is obsessed with her gang-leader lover, McKay, but unwilling to commit to becoming one of "the Property of the Orphans"—the tough girls who belong to the boys on the avenue—Hoffman explores hard truths about how difficult it is to love another, and yet how much more difficult it is to pull away."[Hoffman] takes the landscape of ordinary people experiencing ordinary emotions and colors them in unexpected ways."—The Washington Post Book World
"With her glorious prose and extraordinary eye . . . Alice Hoffman seems to know what it means to be a human being."—Susan Isaacs, Newsday
"A reader is in good hands with Alice Hoffman, able to count on many pleasures. She is one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists."—Jane Smiley, USA Today
"Like Anne Tyler, Hoffman spins a story enchantingly, with the undeniable force and vividness of a dream."—Ms.
"[Hoffman] is a born storyteller."—Entertainment Weekly
"An unmistakably gifted work . . . Alice Hoffman flares with talent."—Kirkus Reviews
Alice Hoffman’s most recent novel is The Third Angel. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
“Like Anne Tyler, Hoffman spins a story enchantingly, with the undeniable force and vividness of a dream.” –Ms.
“She is a born storyteller.” –Entertainment Weekly
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