Maiden

By Cynthia Buchanan

Book Overview

Maiden burst upon the literary scene, published to sensational reviews. Critics celebrated it as a "brilliant comic satire" and novelist Cynthia Buchanan as a superb storyteller, "a powerful voice"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688167896
• ISBN13: 9780688167899
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Quill
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

F.DUNDY IS LIKE VISITING WITH AN EX-SPOUSE

F.DUNDY IN BUCHANAN'S "MAIDEN" IS LIKE VISITING WITH AN EX-SPOUSE--IT IS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER- COASTER THAT WILL HAVE YOU RUNNING THE FULL GAMMET BETWEEN ANGER AND PITY. I WANTED TO SIT DUNDY ON THE COUCH AND HAVE A LOVING TALK AT ONE MOMENT AND WANTED TO SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO HER THE NEXT. BRILLIANT READING, TWISTS AND TURNS. GIVE THIS BOOK TO YOUR LATE TEEN'S AGE DAUGHTER AND TEACH HER ONE OF LIFE'S TOUGHEST LESSONS WHILE SHE LAUGHS HERSELF TO HYSTERICS.

Fortune Dundy is so hilariously pathetic that I feel normal!

The swinging singles scene of LA in 1970 is not the place one would expect a virgin to search for Mr. Right, but that's exactly where Cynthia Buchanan's heroine takes us. Through her amusing self-dialogues, we get to know F. Dundy and understand her strangely twisted rationales. This character exhibits so many neuroses and such bizarre behaviour, I can't help but imagine what a funny Woody Allen type movie this would make. At times, I wanted to both laugh and cry for F. Dundy because behind her self-induced misadventures lies a heart of gold waiting to shine. All the characters in this book are richly drawn and timeless.