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Fiction Literary

Married Love

by (author) Kent Thompson

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Jan 1988
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864920775
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

This novella charts with great comic exuberance the disasters which occur when Harry's mother, her stepson Jackie Boy, stepdaughter Elaine, and her second husband, descend upon the household — and especially upon Harry's wife, Alice.

About the author

Kent Thompson was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1936. From 1966 to 1994 he taught English and creative writing at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, serving twice as editor of The Fiddlehead. He now lives in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He has edited three anthologies, and he has published two books of poetry, a cycling guidebook, five novels, and two story collections. "A Local Hanging," a winner in the 1981 CBC Canadian Literary Awards, appeared in A Local Hanging and Other Stories (1984).

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Editorial Reviews

"A shrewd, supple writer, and much fun to read."

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