Mid-air : two novellas / Victoria Shorr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shorr, Victoria, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

West Village (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

West Village (New York, N.Y.).

Immigrants--Fiction.

Immigrants.

Automobile wrecking and used parts industry--Fiction.

Automobile wrecking and used parts industry.

Youngstown (Ohio)--Fiction.

Youngstown (Ohio).

Genre:

novellas.

Novellas.

Physical Description:

179 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"Fate explored in the fall and rise of two twentieth-century American families. Victoria Shorr's remarkable gift for depicting the inner lives of complex characters shines in two powerful explorations of family, ambition, class, and status. In "Great Uncle Edward," a family gathers for dinner. At 93, Great Uncle Edward commands the table in his three-piece suit; Cousin Russell attended both Harvard and Yale but is now reduced to selling off the family books; sisters Betty and Molly are caught between ghosts of a storied past and creeping destitution. These lives are signposts along the downward spiral of an old aristocracy. "Cleveland Auto Wrecking" introduces Sam White, an immigrant from somewhere in eastern Europe. He cannot read, but has a gift for math and an instinct for the value of junk. We follow his clan through the Depression to the postwar boom in the West, where their fortunes soar, creating new tests of loyalty"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Great Uncle Edward

Cleveland auto wrecking.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Shorr, Victoria. Great Uncle Edward.

Shorr, Victoria. Cleveland Auto Wrecking.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780393882100

0393882101

OCLC:

1272856630