Synonym for Love

By Alison Moore

Book Overview

Matty Grover has been running all her life. Something drives her to search for an understanding of her family's past, pushes her to define her future. She is searching for love, or something like it - but love has no synonym. Her travels take her from her small hometown in rural Virginia, where the racial tensions of the 1960s are rising to the surface, to the adobe homes, scorpions, and flash floods of the Arizona desert. Alison Moore's debut novel examines the human struggle between the need to belong and the longing to escape.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452276225
• ISBN13: 9780452276222
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Plume
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

great book at the right time

This book was a coming-of-age story of a different sense. It's not the typical teen girl becomes woman story. Instead, it appeals to the young adult (like myself in my 20s) or I would imagine any yearning adult. If you've been wondering about your next step in life or love, this is for you. If you've been wondering about your family, or reflecting on your past, this is for you. If you're leaving one physical/geographical place to try out a new one, this book is for you. It's about discovery and reflection.

Excellent writing

And a great first book. Lovely images and a good story about love, life, the West, growing up, and everything. Recommended if you like modern literature and fiction.