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The Company of Women

A Novel

Author Mary Gordon
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Ballantine Group | Ballantine Books
5.5"W x 8.5"H x 0.75"D   | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Mar 12, 1986 | 304 Pages | 9780345483010
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Mary Gordon’s fiction explores the nature of love of religion, of family relationships and, in every sense, illuminates and enhances our lives.

Raised by five intensely religious women and a charismatic, controversial priest, sheltered from the secular world, Felicitas Maria Taylor is intelligent, charming, and desperate for a taste of ordinary happiness. More freedom than she has ever imagined awaits her at Columbia University in the 1960s. There, Felicitas falls in love with the worst man for her—with shattering results. Now she must turn again to the company of the women who love her, as she struggles to embrace the future without betraying the past.
 
Praise for The Company of Women

“A superb, stunningly written novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm.”—Newsday
© Christopher Greenleaf
Mary Gordon is the author of nine novels, including Final Payments, The Love of My Youth, Pearl, and There Your Heart Lies; seven works of nonfiction, including the memoirs Circling My Mother and The Shadow Man; and three collections of short fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City. View titles by Mary Gordon

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Mary Gordon’s fiction explores the nature of love of religion, of family relationships and, in every sense, illuminates and enhances our lives.

Raised by five intensely religious women and a charismatic, controversial priest, sheltered from the secular world, Felicitas Maria Taylor is intelligent, charming, and desperate for a taste of ordinary happiness. More freedom than she has ever imagined awaits her at Columbia University in the 1960s. There, Felicitas falls in love with the worst man for her—with shattering results. Now she must turn again to the company of the women who love her, as she struggles to embrace the future without betraying the past.
 
Praise for The Company of Women

“A superb, stunningly written novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm.”—Newsday

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© Christopher Greenleaf
Mary Gordon is the author of nine novels, including Final Payments, The Love of My Youth, Pearl, and There Your Heart Lies; seven works of nonfiction, including the memoirs Circling My Mother and The Shadow Man; and three collections of short fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City. View titles by Mary Gordon

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