Women of Granite

by Dana Andrew Jennings

In a poverty-stricken New England town, women have, through their indomitable will to survive crushing hardships, created a truly matriarchal society. By the author of Mosquito Games. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151983674
• ISBN13: 9780151983674
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES

This is simply the best book I have ever read revolving around the lives of women. I was genuinely saddened to read the review by Kirkus, to think it may turn away a potential reader from this story which is indeed like walking through a Yankee rock garden barefoot. But the journey is one that is worth taking. Then, musing over the commentary, I realized the blurb had probably been written by a middle aged man from the South, and promptly discarded it. Women of Granite is the saga of a family of women, raised by women, and who manage to rise above the weakness of the men they themselves have chosen. It is not, as they say, for the squeamish. The character of Nana Page is engrossing, shocking, and finally endearing. It is from Nana that the next generations of women flow, learn, and evolve. It is also about how history does indeed repeat itself, sometimes much to our horror. If a reader is interested in a harsh storm, then Women of Granite, like a Yankee February, is worth reading. I do hope others give this novel a chance and post their comments.