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The Second Dune (Texas Tradition Series)
Shelby Hearon
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Description for The Second Dune (Texas Tradition Series)
Paperback. Ellen Marshall, divorced and remarried, is troubled by her son's refusal to accept her second husband, but takes great comfort from her five-year-old daughter of her second marriage. She hopes to help little Ellen see that women need to break the bonds that society has forced upon them. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
The Second Dune, Shelby Hearon's second novel, was published in 1973 and won the Texas Institute of Letters Award as the best book of fiction of the year. Written when Hearon was forty-three and just before her divorce, the novel is seen from the point of view of suburban housewives and their mothers and daughters. Ellen Marshall, divorced and remarried, is troubled by her son's refusal to accept her second husband, but takes great comfort from the five-year old daughter of her second marriage. She hopes to be able to pass on to her daughter some of the knowledge that ... Read more
The Second Dune, Shelby Hearon's second novel, was published in 1973 and won the Texas Institute of Letters Award as the best book of fiction of the year. Written when Hearon was forty-three and just before her divorce, the novel is seen from the point of view of suburban housewives and their mothers and daughters. Ellen Marshall, divorced and remarried, is troubled by her son's refusal to accept her second husband, but takes great comfort from the five-year old daughter of her second marriage. She hopes to be able to pass on to her daughter some of the knowledge that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Series
Texas Tradition Series
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875652733
SKU
V9780875652733
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Ref
99-39
About Shelby Hearon
Shelby Reed Hearon lives in Burlington, Vermont, but her novels always have a strong Texas setting. Hearon is author of fifteen novels and seventeen stories. The Second Dune is the second Shelby Hearon novel to be reprinted by TCU Press. The first was the excellent A Prince of a Fellow. Hearon's most recent novel is Ella in Bloom, published by ... Read more
Reviews for The Second Dune (Texas Tradition Series)
"I found it tender and moving - and very perceptive." - Joanne Woodward