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Algonquin Books
February 2012
On Sale: January 24, 2012
272 pages
ISBN: 1565129830
EAN: 9781565129832
Kindle: B0061S3WMS
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As a little girl growing up in Boston, Miriam Bluestein fantasized about a life lived on stage, specifically in a musical. Get married, have a familyβsure, maybe sheβd do those things, too, but first and foremost there was her career. As a woman, she is both tormented and consoled by those dreams in her day-to-day existence with her family, including a short-tempered husband, a cranky mother, and three demanding children, one of whom, Ethan, shows real talent for the stage. It is through Ethan that Miriam strives to realize her dreams. As she pushes him to make the most of his talent, the rest of her life gradually comes undone, with her husband becoming increasingly frustrated and her other two childrenβSam, a mass of quirks and idiosyncrasies, and Julie, hostile and bitterβwithdrawing into their own worlds. Still Miriam dreams, praying for that big finale, which, when it comes, is nothing that she ever could have imagined.
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