Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking

Aoibheann Sweeney

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Penguin USA
24 June 2008

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Critically acclaimed by reviewers across the country, Aoibheann Sweeney's beautifully written debut novel is a story of the profound human need for intimacy. For Miranda, the adolescence spent in her fog-shrouded Maine home has been stark and isolated-alone with her troubled father, a man consumed with his work translating Ovid's Metamorphoses, her mother mysteriously gone from their lives. Now, having graduated from high school, Miranda's father arranges for her to stay with old friends in Manhattan, and she embarks on a journey that will open up her father's past and her own world, in ways she cannot begin to imagine.

By: Aoibheann Sweeney
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780143113416
ISBN 10: 0143113410
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 24 June 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking

? A magical, wonderful novel that is Shakespeare and Ovid, Wharton and Altman . . . [Her] authentic voice takes us back to our unborn selves.? ?Andr? Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name ? A terrific debut novel . . . you won?t regret sinking into this book.? ? The Cleveland Plain Dealer ? Remarkable for its poise and restraint, this first novel unleashes a sharp and wholly original new voice.? ?Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep