The Fiction Class

ISBN: 0452289106

Author: Breen, Susan

Condition: New

Read Susan Breen's posts on the Penguin Blog.A witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, lets face it, thats practically everybody . . .On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: shes a writer herself; shes passionate about books; shes even named after the heroine in a Georgette Heyer novel.On the other hand, shes thirty-eight, single, and has been writing the same book for the last seven years. And she has been distracted recently: on the same day that Arabella teaches her class she also visits her mother in a nursing home outside the city. And every time they argue. Arabella wants the fighting to stop, but, as her mother puts it, Just because were family, doesnt mean we have to like each other. When her class takes a surprising turn and her lessons start to spill over into her weekly visits, she suddenly finds she might be holding the key to her mothers love and, dare she say it, her own inspiration. After all, as a lifelong lover of books, she knows the power of a good story.