July 2004 Book
Selection:
Women In Their Beds
by Gina Berriault
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From the publisher:
Berriault's deep understanding of human emotions and human predicaments draws us into her stories -- a librarian pursued by a homeless man searching for the meaning of his life, a daughter listening to her father as he speaks awkwardly to his heartbroken mistress, a son reintroducing himself to his parents after many years of absence. From her first lines ("When Milo Jukovich was 19, he introduced himself to his father") to her last ("She heard his breath take over for him and, in that secretive way the sleeper knows nothing about, carry on his life") her narrative sense and her eye for detail astound. She is a writer of uncommon range, her moods sometimes distanced and ironic, other times achingly raw and direct.
About the author:
Gina Berriault was the author of four novels, two earlier short story collections, and several screenplays. Her work has been widely published in such magazines as Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's Bazaar, and Ploughshares. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Ingram-Merrill Fellowship, a Commonwealth Medal for Literature, and a Pushcart Prize. She lived in Northern California and died in July 1999.
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