The Western Coast

Defending herself with despairing stubbornness against personal catastrophe, she is able to save her life and escape. "Enormously touching and wholly believable."--Washington Post Book World

Author: Paula Fox
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.54w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780393322866

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 11/04/2001 pg. 36

About the Author
Fox, Paula: - Paula Fox (1923--2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow's Children, A Servant's Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.Busch, Frederick: - Frederick Busch (1941-2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing's emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.