5/29/2023 0 Comments Judith guest books![]() Then, however, with the realization that she is ""completely alone,"" Cat sells her antiseptic mansion for a run-down handyman's special, diving into a muddle of messy painting and carpentry, wriggling out from under. ![]() ![]() Catherine ""Cat"" Holzman, mother of a grown daughter, coolly dumped by doctor-husband Alex for a young lover, is at first resigned to be the victim of injustice: she blames her ""sallow, parasitical"" lifestyle for her situation she drifts through funks and drunks she feels helpless against Alex's dirty tricks. The principal grownups this time are two insular people, both recovering (with each other's eventual help) from divorce. Ordinary People was no fluke: Guest's second Detroit-based novel again expertly catches middle-class loners in the first crackles of seismic rebellion against closet miseries-and again zooms in close on adolescent terror. ![]()
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