Miranda by Jan Hilliard
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman
Year: 1960 First Edition
Pages: 247
Condition: Hardcover (missing dust jacket) overall acceptable and readable condition.
In this novel by the Stephen Leacock award winner for her first novel 'The Salt Box', we follow the fortunes of the Arnold family through the sensitive perceptions of Rose-Ann, their youngest daughter. But it is Miranda, her mother, who dominates the story; Miranda with her airs and vanities, her feminine delight in male compliments and flirtations, her child-like egotism and generosity. A woman like Miranda was bound to shock the citizens of the narrow, provincial town! But it is in the way that Miranda's actions affect her children that the story's fascination lies. Like many fine novels, Miranda deals finally with the search for the insight and knowledge that maturity brings. In this book Miss Hilliard is at the peak of her storytelling form.[!online_only:y!]
