Property Of
By Alice Hoffman
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Paperback, 9780374531836, 288pp.)
Publication Date: May 12, 2009
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’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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