Since You Ask by Louise Wareham (English) Paperback Book

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Winner of a James Jones Literary Society First Novel Award.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

From a Conneticut sanitarium, 24 year-old Betsy Scott tells her doctor a story about the destructive secrets in an outwardly successful family. Since You Ask is about the the origins of sexual compulsion, and the way in which one young woman attempts to overcome it. Born on the island of Antigua, Betsy and her brothers - the drug addict Raymond and the cool, detached Eric - are relocated to Manhatten. There, Betsy begins series of secret affairs that take her into increasingly dark situations.

Author Biography

Louise Wareham grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University. She has worked as a reporter in New York City, Oxford, Mississippi and New Zealand. Since You Ask was the winner of the James Jones Literary Society First Novel Award. Wareham lives in New York City.

Review

"The truly important novel, as Tolstoi so passionately averred, is the adventure of a question; and the question, most often, is unhappiness. Ranging inward to a psyche's unsettled relation to itself, and out into the wilderness of family and love, Louise Wareham's "Since You Ask" is a sustained and sustaining adventure, passionate as Tolstoi would approve. Reading this novel, I saw the substance (and substances) of unhappiness transformed into something even brighter than courage. This is a splendid debut." -- Donald Revell, author of "Arcady"

Long Description

From a Connecticut sanitarium, 24-year-old Betsy Scott tells her doctor a story about the destructive secrets in an outwardly successful family. Confusing love and sex, desire and fear, Betsy grows alienated, confused and desperate. She finally faces truths about herself and her family that enable her to move beyond them and into a new life. Since You Ask is about the origins of sexual compulsion, and the ways in which one young woman tries to overcome it. Louise Wareham grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University. She has worked as a reporter in New York City, Oxford, Mississippi and New Zealand. Since You Ask was the winner of the James Jones Literary Society First Novel Award.

Description for Sales People

-Winner of the James Jones Literary Society First Novel Award. -Should have broad appeal with success of similar books like GIRL, INTERRUPTED and THE NANNY DIARIES and TWELVE. -Will dovetail with Akashic's recent success with female authors Nina Revoyr (SOUTHLAND) and T Cooper (SOME OF THE PARTS). OTHER RECENT WINNERS OF THE JAMES JONES LITERARY SOCIETY'S FIRST NOVEL AWARD: THE FREQUENCY OF SOULS by Mary Kay Zuravleff (Penguin, 1997) JUMPING THE GREEN by Leslie Schwartz (Simon & Schuster, 1999) SALTHILL: A NOVEL by Judith Barnes (St. Martin's, 2002)

Details ISBN1888451637 Author Louise Wareham Short Title SINCE YOU ASK Pages 213 Publisher Akashic Books Language English ISBN-10 1888451637 ISBN-13 9781888451634 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-05-31 Imprint Akashic Books,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9781888451634 Audience General/Trade AU Release Date 2004-05-03 We've got this

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