From the rear cover
In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jean becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is "among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all" (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction.
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- Title Machine Dreams
- Author Jayne Anne Phillips
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Vintage Ed
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, NY
- Date 1999-11-09
- ISBN 9780375705250 / 0375705252
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.17 x 5.08 x 0.74 in (20.75 x 12.90 x 1.88 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, West Virginia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99018315
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times, 11/28/1999, Page 32
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