Bibliograph

Banshee, Rachel DeWoskin

Type

Label

Banshee, Rachel DeWoskin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Banshee

Oclc number

1103319201

Responsibility statement

Rachel DeWoskin

Summary

BANSHEE is narrated over the course of three short weeks through the uncensored voice and thoughts of Samantha "Sam" Baxter, a 40-something Midwestern professor of poetry, respectable wife of 19 years to Charles, adoring mother to college-aged Alexi, and woman on the verge. A recent breast cancer diagnosis and surgery on the immediate horizon have her obsessing about her body and mortality, and she proceeds to use her terror, both involuntarily and on purpose - to unlatch from her own middle aged "good girl" life and self, diving into a hot and wildly inappropriate affair with Leah, her student and the same age as her daughter. Done with all the pleasing and apologizing -- the notion that a woman can do "anything" which really translates to "everything, and perfect" - Sam will Lean In to her pure id, "like a man," to see how far she is willing and able to let herself go. -- from Goodreads.com

Target audience

general

Creator