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Pasadena

By Ebershoff, David
Pasadena
Ebershoff's sweeping, richly imagined novel is set against the backdrop of Southern California during the first half of the 20th century and charts its rapid transformation from frontier to suburb. A Book Sense 76 selection.

Details

Authors: Ebershoff, David
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780812968484
ISBN10: 0812968484
Page Count: 528
Dimensions: 5.0x1.3x8.0
Publisher: Random House Trade
Jacket Notes: From the award-winning author of "The Danish Girl and "The Rose City, "Pasadena tells the story of Linda Stamp, a fishergirl born in 1903 on a coastal onion farm, and the three men who change her life: her jealous brother, Edmund; Bruder, the orphan Linda's father brings home from World War I; and a Pasadena orange rancher named Willis Poore. The novel spans Linda's adventurous and romantic life, weaving the tales of her Mexican mother and her German-born father with those of the rural Pacific Coast of her youth and of the small, affluent city, Pasadena, that becomes her home. "Pasadena is a novel of passion and history, about a woman and a place in perpetual transformation.

Strand Notes

The story of Linda Stamp, a fishergirl born in 1903 on a coastal onion farm, and the three men who change her life, and the small affluent California city, Pasadena, that becomes her home. A novel of passion and history from the award-winning author of "The Danish Girl" and "The Rose City." 485p.

Description

From the award-winning author of The Danish Girl and The Rose City, Pasadena tells the story of Linda Stamp, a fishergirl born in 1903 on a coastal onion farm, and the three men who change her life: her jealous brother, Edmund; Bruder, the orphan Linda's father brings home from World War I; and a Pasadena orange rancher named Willis Poore. The novel spans Linda's adventurous and romantic life, weaving the tales of her Mexican mother and her German-born father with those of the rural Pacific Coast of her youth and of the small, affluent city, Pasadena, that becomes her home. Pasadena is a novel of passion and history, about a woman and a place in perpetual transformation.
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