House Arrest

Mary Morris, called a marvelous storyteller by The Chicago Tribune, returns with the finest novel in her acclaimed career--a vividly etched, engrossing story of a nation, two remarkable women, and the meaning of freedom.

Taut with tension, filled with the telling observations of place and local character that grow out of her expertise as a travel writer, House Arrest is Mary Morris's richest, most powerful novel to date.

Author: Mary Morris
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/15/1997
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780312155476

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/08/1997 pg. 32

About the Author

Mary Morris is also the author of the novels The Night Sky, (available from Picador), Crossroads, and The Waiting Room; two travel memoirs, Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone and Wall to Wall: From Beijing to Berlin by Rail; and the award-winning story collections Vanishing Animals and Other Stories and The Bus of Dreams. Her new story collection is The Lifeguard. Mary Morris teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.

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