In midth-century Amherst, Emily Dickinson is famous both for her notable family and for her reclusive ways, and only Miranda Chase, a smart girl with big plans for her own life, is allowed to enter the budding poet's very private world. At first, their Monday afternoon visits involve discussing books over piping hot cups of tea, but when Miranda begins exploring her own yearnings--for love 3/5(1). by Rose MacMurray. In midth-century Amherst, Emily Dickinson is famous both for her notable family and for her reclusive ways, and only Miranda Chase, a smart girl with big plans for her own life, is allowed to enter the budding poet's very private world. At first, their Monday afternoon visits involve discussing books over piping hot cups of tea, but when Miranda begins exploring her own yearnings- /5(4). · Drawing on letters, poems, and everything that is known about Dickinson's life, AFTERNOONS WITH EMILY is a vivid portrait of America's most famous poet, a coming-ofage story that spans the Civil War, and a tale of two brilliant women who each chose to break with convention and live life on their own terms.
Sadly, the author, Rose MacMurray, died in , and this will be her only published novel. Written with a sense of timeless charm and innocence, mixed with subtle scandalous situations, in the tradition of such novels as The Age of Innocence and To Kill a Mockingbird, Afternoons with Emily has what it takes to become a classic. Afternoons with Emily by Rose MacMurray. ISBN: MacMurray writes about a close friendship between fictional Miranda Chase and Emily Dickinson. She paints Dickinson as a morose and self-absorbed shut-in. The self-absorbed writer is a pretty amazing phenomenon. Emily Books publishes, publicizes, and celebrates the best work of transgressive writers of the past, present and future. From to, we sent subscribers a book each month via our online bookstore, selecting underappreciated novels and memoirs, mostly by women. Afternoons with Emily. Written by Rose MacMurray Review by Trudi E. Jacobson.
Afternoons with Emily is the only novel from MacMurray, a poet and teacher who died in Based on letters, poems, and research about Dickinson, this engaging historical tale will appeal to those with interests in nineteenth-century American history and literature. Drawing on letters, poems, and everything that is known about Dickinson's life, Afternoons With Emily is a vivid portrait of America's most famous poet, a coming-of age story that spans the Civil War, and a tale of two brilliant women who each chose to break with convention and live life on their own terms. Afternoons with Emily. Author: Rose MacMurray; Publisher: Hachette UK; Release Date: ; ISBN: ; GET THIS BOOK Afternoons with Emily. In midth-century Amherst, Emily Dickinson is famous both for her notable family and for her reclusive ways, and only Miranda Chase, a smart girl with big plans for her own life, is allowed to enter the budding poet's very private world.
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