The Family Markowitz - Softcover

Goodman, Allegra

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865 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671013882 ISBN 13: 9780671013882

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2003

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Allegra Goodman has been described as an "altogether original talent" ("Los Angeles Times") whose writing is "hilarious" ("New York Newsday"). In "The Family Markowitz", Goodman writes with charm and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes making their way in America. Among them are Rose, the cantankerous matriarch; Henry, her formerly gay but now married son who runs a Laura Ashley shop in London; her younger son Ed, a terrorism expert at Georgetown; and Ed's daughter Miriam, the medical student who, to her parents' consternation, becomes a born-again Jew. Through extraordinary crises and ordinary rituals, they assert their love and independence, and never fail to speak their minds.

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Review:

"Exceptionally well-written: funny and wise and keenly observed . . . One of the most engaging, maddening and recognizable families to come along in years . . . An enchanting book." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"

"Deft and affectionate . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life." --Naomi Glauberman, "Los Angeles Times"

""The Family Markowitz "is a revelation . . . Goodman's prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has better things on her mind." --Dwight Garner, "Salon"
"These stories sound like no one else's. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life."--Los Angeles Times

"Entertaining . . . The Family Markowitz has great consistency and charm."--Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review

"A revelation . . . Goodman's prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind."--Dwight Garner, Salon

"One of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . [Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture."--The Boston Globe
"Funny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

About the Author:

Allegra Goodman's first collection, Total Immersion, was published in 1989. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and Commentary, and has been selected for Prize Stories 1995, The 0. Henry Awards, and other anthologies. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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