The House on Coliseum Street

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453247211

<DIV><B>A provocative novel of a New Orleans woman&rsquo;s heartbreaking decision, by the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author of <I>The Keepers of the House</I>.</B><BR /><BR /> Joan Mitchell has two suitors, and can&rsquo;t decide whom to marry. A witness to her mother Aurelie&rsquo;s less than successful romantic history, she&rsquo;d like to skip marriage altogether. Joan and Aurelie live together in a beautiful French Quarter home on Coliseum Street in New Orleans, along with Joan&rsquo;s many half-sisters born of Aurelie&rsquo;s five disastrous marriages.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Joan lives a mostly carefree life, but when she becomes pregnant, she chooses to end her pregnancy rather than marry a man she doesn&rsquo;t love&mdash;a decision with grave consequences in conservative 1950s New Orleans.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> The second novel by a National Book Award finalist and one of the most acclaimed voices of the American South,<I> The House on Coliseum Street</I> is a brave, heartbreaking love letter to New Orleans and &ldquo;a sad, wistful, young, timeless story, graced by [Shirley Ann Grau&rsquo;s] fine drawn perceptions&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. and by the still, soft enchantment of her prose&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>, starred review).<BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Shirley Ann Grau, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection</I>.<BR /><BR /> &#160;</DIV>