Description
ISBN: 0802111300
Title: On Her Own
Author: Bliven, Naomi
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Publication Date: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: F
D-j Condition: NF
Synopsis: From its first sentence (“Ah, Mother,” Alida cried, “you never understand me!”) to its last (“I am afraid Doctor, I have been very foolish”), On Her Own regales us with the pretentious maunderings of yet another middle-class midlife crisis that begins when Alida’s husband leaves her. However ridiculous the characters are, Bliven’s adolescent and irritating writing deprives them of any hope of sympathy from the reader. This novel may appeal to those whose fascination with the unremarkable affluent knows no bounds.
