A mixture of the lovely bones and the girl with the dragon tattoo. A beautiful and chilling exploration of violence, vengeance, and the loss of innocence that would. Cara hoffman is presently touring with this book, just rereleased in paperback. Cara hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed novel so much pretty. See all books authored by cara hoffman, including so much pretty, and be safe i love you, and more on thriftbooks. But the books eerie finale delivers the most potent message, showing that in any. March 15, 2011 tea obreht makes her sparkling debut with the folkloric tigers wife, and another new author, cara hoffman, holds her own with the creepy but elegant so much pretty. She has won a new york state foundation for the arts fellowship for her work on the aesthetics of violence and its impact on children and has been a visiting writer at st. Strange and shocking and sad hoffman s language is so deft and precise. So much pretty by cara hoffman free download as pdf file. Cara hoffman before becoming a novelist, cara hoffman worked as an investigative reporter covering new york states rural and rust belt communities, where she reported on crime.
Hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed novels running, so much pretty and be safe i love you. So much pretty is the ugliest book i have read in years and i couldnt put it down. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. There were moments when i wept, when i cursed the dream that came true that we would have a daughter. I love the empathy with which she writes about the lives of outsiders, depicting the tenderness and fragility of their friendships so beautifully. So much pretty is a fearless first novel, announced the new york times book. So much pretty by cara hoffman 2011, hardcover for sale. Johns university, goddard college, columbia university, and oxford university, where she lectured on antisocial masculinity for the rhodes global scholars symposium.
Hoffman s book, so much pretty provides a very good description of rural community life while depicting some of the more negative aspects of rural values and the difficulties of being a new resident read outsider which can mean living in a dual area less than 20 years or a whole lifetime. So much pretty, a first novel by cara hoffman, goes there. So much awful packed into a book that makes so little sense. In her fearless first novel, so much pretty, cara hoffman demolishes our illusions about country.
Cara hoffman is the author of running, a new york times editors choice, an esquire magazine best book of 2017, and an autostraddle best queer and feminist book of 2017. She has won a new york state foundation for the arts fellowship for. Cara hoffman on be safe, i love you the truth behind so much pretty cara hoffman shares so much pretty. Cara hoffman books list of books by author cara hoffman. Stacy flynn is a reporter looking for her big break. So much pretty is a haunting story filled with characters who are unfulfilled in their lives and their dreams. Hoffman ambitiously mines fertile, controversial ground and asks a lot of tough, unanswerable questions. Johns university, goddard college, columbia university, and oxford university, where she lectured on antisocial masculinity for the rhodes global scholars.
Hoffmans book, so much pretty provides a very good description of rural community life while depicting some of the more negative aspects of rural values and the difficulties of being a new resident read outsider which can mean living in a dual area less than 20 years or a whole lifetime. Booklist when she disappeared from her rural hometown, wendy white was a sweet, familyoriented girl, a late bloomer whod recently moved out on her own, with her first real boyfriend and a job waiting tables at the. So much pretty book by cara hoffman official publisher. So much pretty by cara hoffman penguin books australia. The narrative structure of the book adds so much to the richness of the read, leaving the reader piecing the pieces together as time and voice shifts. Hoffman wanders into the cow pasture a little too often, but the intersection of the lives of two smart young women with a.
Buy so much pretty by cara hoffman online at alibris. Cara hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed novels so much pretty, be safe i love you, and now, running. Debut novelist cara hoffman takes lots of liberties with our heartsour fears, our uncertainties, and our repressed desiresin her 2011 novel so much pretty. So much pretty book by cara hoffman official publisher page. So much pretty french edition by cara hoffman nook. It happens all the timea woman goes missing, a family mourns, and the case remains unsolved. She teaches writing and literature at bronx community college and lives in new york city.
She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, so much pretty 2011, be safe, i love you 2014, and running 2017. It happens all the timea woman goes missing, a family mourns, and the case rem. Sometimes she felt she had fallen asleep inside herself while she was wide awake working. Set in a rural community steeped in silence and denial, so much pretty explores all parents greatest fear, that their child will be hurt. Families have lived there for generations, working the land, running dairy farms or the most unlucky, live unemployed for generations. She has written for the new york times, marie claire, salon, and national public radio, and is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including a folio prize nomination, and a sundance institute global filmmaking award. In cara hoffmans debut novel, so much pretty, this jarring disconnect is one of the storys most intriguing undercurrents. How many times a week, a month, a year does that happen. Book giveaway for so much pretty by cara hoffman feb.
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