The Other Anna

by Barbara Esstman

Book Overview

Three generations of women fall prey to the ecstasy and danger of desire.

Anna Berter is a teenager growing up in a privileged home in Iowa just before World War I. Anna's life is dominated by two women: her stern mother and her adoring Scottish housekeeper, the Old One, who fills Anna's imagination with Celtic legends and songs. But Anna's years of idyllic innocence end with the arrival of Hailus Tucker, a houseguest who charms all the ladies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060977671
• ISBN13: 9780060977672
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A modern-day classic

Simply put, you won't find better writing. On the surface a coming-of-age novel, young Anna's story touches on just about everything that matters: love, sex, betrayal, loyalty, truth. This is a book that you can read again and again. It's something of a well-kept secret, but we should share the wealth: Read this book and then tell every book lover you know.

Beautiful paperback of this modern masterpiece

I was delighted to see that this wonderful novel was being reissued in paperback. Snap it up now, before the vagueries of market forces get their way with this work, a rare touching piece of literary fiction! Plot, characterization and setting all tell perfectly the story of a girl coming of age, but above all, the writing is what makes me come back to this work again and again. A real command for portraying the complex magic realism of everyday life make this head shoulders one of the top published works in America in this year, or any.