Still Life: A Novel by Katherine Packert Burke Hardcover Book

Description: Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A profound and piercing tribute to messy webs of queer friendship and to what is left behind in transition. Publisher Description Everything in Ediths life is approaching disaster. Her writing career is stagnant. Her love life is a mess. Her ex, Tessa, is marrying a man. Her teeth are rotting in her skull. And her best friend, Val, is dead. Still Life volleys between the present and recent past, chronicling the lives of three women-one cis, two trans, all forever entwined. Edith was a bumbling "boy" pre-transition, in love with Tessa, enamored by Val, and drowning in Boston. She and Tessa called each other Joni and Joan, an homage to the musical backdrop of their fledgling adulthood. When Edith decides to leave behind the East Coast for graduate school, she begins a yearslong journey away from the person she loves most and toward a hazy new understanding of who she will become. In the present, Edith visits Boston feeling like a failure of a writer, a failure of a girl, and wracked with guilt over Vals death. Val, the intrepid wanderer, had drifted in and out of Ediths life, arriving in Texas with estrogen pills and wisdom from a life on the road. A sometimes lover, sometimes trans mentor, Val was everything Tessa wasnt and everything Edith needed. Home alone in Texas, she is left loveless and exhausted as the state slowly chips away at trans rights. Was Vals fatal car crash Ediths fault? Would she have stayed put if Edith had loved her better? Katherine Packert Burkes debut novel unfolds like a rusty pocketknife, jagged and lacerating. Infused with pop culture, cigarettes, and Sondheim, Still Life traces the lives of three friends, authentic and evolving, loving and cruel, here and gone, to craft a tableau of modern womanhood. Author Biography Katherine Packert Burke is a graduate of the Clarion Writers Workshop in San Diego and the MFA program at the University of Alabama. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Details ISBN 1324076364 ISBN-13 9781324076360 Title Still Life Author Katherine Packert Burke Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 272 Publisher WW Norton & Co GE_Item_ID:161301034; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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