Mary Gordon

A Novel

Spending

A novel of lifelong reckoning between two women Unbeknownst to her many fans, Quin Archer, the revenge-loving queen of the reality-TV show PAYBACK, was once an angry teen named Heidi. Her true story may be known only to Agnes, who was her art teacher at a private New England girls' school in the 1970s. Then a young woman herself, Agnes saw a spark of originality in the brooding Heidi. But when she suggests Heidi visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the girl returns with a disastrous account of having been picked up at the museum by an older man. Agnes's stunned, victim-blaming response will haunt both women for decades. Mary Gordon narrates this tale of #MeToo misunderstanding, from a time before there was language to contain it, with a sharp sense of life's changing tempo. She carries us through Heidi's disappearance and reinvention as Quin, and Agnes's escape into career and family in Italy--until, inevitably, they meet again. A remarkable book about the precise weight of our words and deeds from a writer whose moral vision is deeply rewarding in its subtlety.

Payback

A collection of short stories offers a panoramic study of Irish-American family life.

The Stories of Mary Gordon

A Daughter's Search for Her Father

The Shadow Man

Four novellas about relationships at home and abroad are set in different historical periods and explore the experiences of such protagonists as an American grad student who escapes to Italy after a compromising love affair. By the award-winning author of The Love of My Youth.

Four Novellas

The Liar's Wife

After eleven isolated years caring for her invalid father, a professor who had suffered a stroke upon discovering her in bed with a student, Isabel Moore tries to reenter the world with the help of two very different friends. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Final Payments

A passionate artist cannot refuse an offer from a wealthy man to be her muse and provide the time, space, and money for her to paint, but she suddenly becomes a great success and his star fades, which makes the dynamic in their relationship change

Originally published in 1936 as Chase of the Wild Goose, and now back in print in paper, this thinly-veiled biographical novel is the fascinating story of two women who decided to live lift their own way. Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby were certainly an odd pair. Born to noble Irish families in the mid-18th century, they departed in 1778 -- flew like wild geese -- to Wales, where they settled together in a stone cottage. They moved in local society, received successions of distinguished visitors, espoused electricity, and made it their business to become a legend in their lifetime. They transformed their house (which still stands today) and created a Glen behind it, with timber bridges, pools, and cascades. They were determined to become cultural legends in their new adopted country, and did.

The Story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, Known as the Ladies of Llangollen

The Llangollen Ladies

"From the award-winning, much loved writer, a deeply moving novel about an American woman's place during the Spanish Civil War, the lessons she took from it, and how her story will shape her granddaughter's path"--

There Your Heart Lies

From the best-selling novelist and memoirist: a deeply personal view of her discovery of the celebrated modern monk and thinker through his writings. “If Thomas Merton had been a writer and not a monk, we would never have heard of him. If Thomas Merton had been a monk and not a writer, we would never have heard of him.” So begins acclaimed author Mary Gordon in this probing, candid exploration of the man who became the face and voice of mid-twentieth-century American Catholicism. Approaching Merton “writer to writer,” Gordon illuminates his life and work through his letters, journals, autobiography, and fiction. Pope Francis has celebrated Merton as “a man of dialogue,” and here Gordon shows that the dialogue was as much internal as external—an unending conversation, and at times a heated conflict, between Merton the monk and Merton the writer. Rich with excerpts from Merton’s own writing, On Thomas Merton produces an intimate portrait of a man who “lived life in all its imperfectability, reaching toward it in exaltation, pulling back in anguish, but insisting on the primacy of his praise as a man of God.”

On Thomas Merton

This novel tells the story of Isabel Moore who must, as her father is dead, finally face the world at thirty. No longer safe, she discovers that she is beautiful, that men desire her and that she desires them. She turns from a "good Catholic girl" into a warm, vital woman, hungry for life.

"A master of the story form" (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only to be captured and burned at the stake as a heretic—all by the age of nineteen. Gordon does more than tell this gripping story—she explores Joan's mystery and the many facets of her inspiring life.

A Life

Joan of Arc

All you need to know to start with minimalism, in one book Have you ever felt like giving up in life? Or like you are being suffocated by life? Ever felt like no matter how much you try things don't seem to work out? Ever felt like you find no fulfillment in life? That you are trapped in a place, you don't understand and don't enjoy? Ever wondered why you never seem to have enough? You keep working and earning, but your cost of living seems to increase every time? It seems like the more money you make, the more broke and unfulfilled you become. Do you desire to change this and lead a more fulfilling life full of freedom and joy? Then this book on minimalism will help you achieve this. The book discusses in deep details on the minimalist lifestyle and help you understand what it is all about. There are many theories on what minimalism is about as well as myths to the lifestyle. In this book, we seek to inform you of the truth about minimalism as a lifestyle as well as demystifying the myths associated with minimalism. The book also discusses different areas where you can embrace minimalism and enjoy a stress-free life. Maybe you are also overwhelmed at work, the book gives you tips on how to incorporate minimalism into your workplace and increase productivity as a result. The easiest place many people begin minimalism is in their wardrobe. The book takes you on a step by step guide into creating a minimalistic wardrobe and how to dress with a minimalist wardrobe. When you go through the book, you will discover the different benefits of minimalism in today's world. You will also find simple guidelines to help you in your journey of minimalism as well as tips on how to overcome the various challenges you are likely to face. This book also discusses your finances and minimalism. We give you guidelines on how to draw a minimalist budget as well as tips on how to simplify your financial life. If your biggest weakness has been impulse buying, a guide is provided that helps you in your shopping and making decisions on what to purchase. Probably you did not know that there are health benefits associated with a minimalistic lifestyle. Well, now you know. Minimalism lifestyle is very beneficial to your mental health as long as your physical health and the book discusses this too. Should you then opt for a minimalistic lifestyle, how do you maintain it and make sure you don't fall? This book gives you useful tips on how to maintain your minimalistic lifestyle. You even learn how to get your family and friends to understand and support you in this journey hence making it easier for you to stay on the journey. Like any other lifestyle change, one is bound to have many questions. The book concludes by discussing frequently asked questions and answering them to our readers' satisfaction and understanding. So go on, read this book and find all the information regarding the minimalist lifestyle and how to incorporate minimalism into your lifestyle in order to enjoy freedom, happiness, and value.Free ebook if you buy the paperback version

Minimalism: Less Things in Your Life to Live More Fully

Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, was the personification of the culture of the mid-century American Catholic working class. A hard-working single mother – Mary Gordon's father died when she was still a girl – she managed to hold down a job, dress smartly, raise her daughter on her own, and worship the beauty in life with a surprising joie de vivre. Bringing her exceptional talent for detail, character, and scene to bear on the life of her mother, Gordon gives us a deeply felt and powerfully moving book about their relationship. Toward the end of Anna's life, we watch the author care for her mother in old age, beginning to reclaim from memory the vivid woman who helped her sail forth into her own life.

Circling My Mother

The author shares her memories of the father who died when she was a child and her discovery of the truth about his life and death and the secrets he hid

And Other Essays

Good Boys and Dead Girls

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863. A Memoir of John Wilson. Compiled from family papers and other sources.

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