Kate Vaiden - Softcover

Price, Reynolds

3.9

1,527 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345343581 ISBN 13: 9780345343581

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1991

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In middle age, Kate Vaiden begins to yearn to see the son she abandoned when she was seventeen. But if she decides to seek him, will he understand her or even want to see her? As Kate questions herself and remembers her history, a story unfolds as tragic, comic and compelling as life itself . . .

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Review:

San Francisco Chronicle May well be Reynolds Price's best novel.

The New York Times Book Review Intense and powerful...the voice of Mr. Price's heroine blows like fresh air across the page.

The Washington Post Book World Beautifully written and skillfully narrated...a novel for all seasons.

Chicago Tribune Book World Surely his finest work so far. A wise and wonderful story told by an artist at the peak of his powers...you will want to meet Kate Vaiden and get to know her. And in the end...you will want to stand up for Reynolds Price.

USA Today You won't hear many voices in your life that are as interesting as Kate Vaiden's.

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Praise for "Kate Vaiden"
"May well be Reynold Price's best novel."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Intense and powerful...the voice of Mr. Price's heroine blows like fresh air across the page."--The New York Times Book Review

"Beautifully written and skillfully narrated...a novel for all seasons."--The Washington Post Book World

"You won't hear many voices in your life that are as interesting as Kate Vaiden's"--USA Today

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