Publication
Pantheon (2005), Edition: First Edition, 240 pages
Collections
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2005)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Fiction — 2005)
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2005)
The Morning News Tournament of Books (Short List — 2006)
Salon Book Award (2005)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A significant supporting character (cisgender man) is bisexual.
Problematic Aspects: The bisexual character may promote negative stereotypes of bisexual men.
Publisher's Summary: Alison and Veronica meet amid the nocturnal glamour of 1980s New York: One is a young model stumbling away from the wreck of her career, the other an eccentric middle-aged office temp. Over the next twenty years their friendship will encompass narcissism and tenderness, exploitation and self-sacrifice, love and mortality. Moving seamlessly from present and past, casting a fierce yet compassionate eye on two eras and their fixations, the result is a work of timeless depth and moral power.