The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter
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    Sep-2012 (Hardcover)
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Pages:
    272
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Telling the story of a family of Jewish Hungarian immigrants settled in Chicago in the first half of the 20th century, this novel follows their rise from poverty to prosperity as Cecil Slaughter's children -- out of equal measures glorified memory and sibling rivalry -- name their daughters after him, with subtle variations: Ceci, Cecilia, Cecily, Celine, Celie, and Celeste. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- this and other familial forces pushing on them, each has a personality and direction of life distinct from her cousins. Celie is the top saleswoman in an upscale dress shop; Cecily is a playwright; Cecilia is a poet; Celine finds her expression in the seduction of men; and Celeste died as an infant. Ceci, the eldest of the Slaughter grandchildren and daughter of the admired and envied family beauty, Rose, died as a young adult and she serves as narrator of the novel from the afterlife. Through reflection, and with the counsel of Lao Tzu, she gradually attains a greater understanding and acceptance of Earthly human weakness, even as the lives of her living cousins lead inexorably to a violent and tragic conclusion. Set in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, this unusual page turner utilizes poetry and a sense of theatrical staging to original and haunting effect, rending a family saga with both distance and intimacy.
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    • Sep-2012
    • Fifth Star Press, Nfp
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0984651004
    • ISBN13: 9780984651009
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    • Sep-2012
    • Fifth Star Press, NFP
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Sep-2012
    • Fifth Star Press, NFP
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0984651020
    • ISBN13: 9780984651023



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