In Night's City

by Dorothy Nelson

On the night of a father's death, two women remember. Esther, the wife denied, and Sara, her corrupted daughter, look back at the father's overwhelming cruelty and ahead to their freedom from him. Finally liberated from his terrible physical and emotional abuse, they must decide whether they will accept new possibilities or conform to old values. The darkness, no matter how black, is not complete: I don't hate being a woman, Sara tells herself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564784185
• ISBN13: 9781564784186
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher