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Since the publication of her astonishing debut Vanished, Mary McGarry Morris has been compared with John Steinbeck and Carson McCullers and widely praised as “one of our finest American writers” (The Miami Herald). Now Morris has achieved new heights with her riveting chronicle of the Talcotts, a family in rural Vermont during the Great Depression.

Abandoned by his beautiful wife, Henry and their two young children spend a summer in a tent on the edge of Black Pond. As he searches for work, Henry often must leave the children alone. When a prosperous neighbor intervenes, the consequences may cost the Talcotts everything. Powerfully imagined and intensely...

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Overview

Since the publication of her astonishing debut Vanished, Mary McGarry Morris has been compared with John Steinbeck and Carson McCullers and widely praised as “one of our finest American writers” (The Miami Herald). Now Morris has achieved new heights with her riveting chronicle of the Talcotts, a family in rural Vermont during the Great Depression.

Abandoned by his beautiful wife, Henry and their two young children spend a summer in a tent on the edge of Black Pond. As he searches for work, Henry often must leave the children alone. When a prosperous neighbor intervenes, the consequences may cost the Talcotts everything. Powerfully imagined and intensely felt, The Lost Mother is a haunting masterpiece and McGarry Morris's strongest novel to date.

“A perfectly lovely book about perfectly awful things . . . The Lost Mother is the quietest, subtlest novel that ever kept me up into the small hours of the night, unable to look away.” —The Washington Post

Editorial Reviews

Richard Grant
Morris's plot, with its twists and reversals (too many and too exciting to recount here), feels tragic in its inevitability. And yet, to the reader's amazement, its message is ultimately redemptive and affirming. This may be the saddest story ever to have a happy ending. It surely is the quietest, subtlest novel that ever kept me up into the small hours of the night, unable to look away.
— The Washington Post
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"They said it was bad for everyone, but nobody else the boy knew had to live in the woods." Thus begins the harrowing story of 12-year-old Thomas and eight-year-old Margaret in Morris's powerful sixth novel. Reduced to living in a tent in Vermont during the Depression, the children and their father, Henry Talcott, a butcher who must travel daily seeking work, are barely surviving their abandonment by the children's reluctant mother. The shattered family aches with the desire to bring home beautiful, troubled Irene while Henry crumbles into a "whipped man... worn down and grim," and Thomas takes on the role of caretaker. Henry's longtime friend Gladys shows the family rare kindness, but a longstanding animosity between her crotchety father and Henry makes it impossible for the Talcotts to accept her charity. In typical Morris fashion, the author paints a brutal landscape and authentic characters with delicacy and precision: from the chaotic household of Irene's alcoholic sister to the creepy relationship between a sick boy and his doting mother, who wants to adopt Thomas and Margaret. Never one to shy away from the messy and bleak, Morris (Songs in Ordinary Time; Vanished) unflinchingly illuminates the bitter existence of neglected children and their inspiring resilience, once again proving herself a storyteller of great compassion, insight and depth. Agent, Jean Naggar. 3-city author tour. (Feb. 21) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780143036456
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 4/4/2006
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 369,853
  • Product dimensions: 5.06 (w) x 7.76 (h) x 0.57 (d)

Meet the Author

Mary McGarry Morris is the author of six critically acclaimed books including Vanished, which was nominated for the National Book Award.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 9, 2007

    I was mislead by the other reviews..........

    I only read this book because I read the reviews and they sounded great. This is the first I have read of this author, and I have to say the story just dragged on. The character development was extremely poor in my opionion and I had to force myself to finish reading it. I do NOT recommend this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 5, 2005

    VOICE PERFORMANCES DON'T GET ANY BETTER

    Abundantly talented stage and screen actress Judith Ivey is also blessed with a luminous voice. She can calibrate it from Texas twang to enchantingly low, well modulated to an almost whisper-like caress. Thus, it is always a pleasure to hear her read an audio book. That pleasure is doubled when her narrative is as fine as the one penned by Marry McGarry Morris. With a story set in rural Vermont during the Depression era we meet two young ones, Thomas Talcott, 12, and his sister, Margaret, 8. Their father, Henry, met the fate of so many others - he lost everything and now must try to earn sustenance as a traveling butcher. The children's mother, Irene, has abandoned them, leaving a desolate Henry, and two confused, unhappy youngsters. Henry's attempts to support himself and his family fail miserably, thus the little family is reduced to living in a tent. There are overtures by a well-to-do neighbor to help them, perhaps as playmates for her sick son. However, the terms of that offer may be more than Henry can countenance. Judith Ivey gives a touching, award worthy reading of 'The Lost Mother.' - Gail Cooke

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 23, 2005

    Outstanding, emotional story

    I can't wait to read more of Mary McGarry Morris. I loved this story--I felt the pain and loss of Thomas & Margaret, the main characters. I am looking forward to reading more from this author.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 30, 2004

    No surprises in this novel!

    I've been a fan of Morris' since 'Songs In Ordinary Time', I enjoyed 'A Hole in the Universe' but with this novel I feel that she is trying to appeal to a larger audience and in doing so her literary style is altered. I was always rewarded with richly imagined characters in her other novels, unique and well drawn. These characters, Henry and his two young children may be easily identified with but I didn't realize great depth in her descriptions. I also felt as I quickly turned pages, hoping for more, that there were no real surprises in the plot and too simple of a resolution in the ending. The quality of writing is still there and some book clubs may enjoy this book, it is an easy read. I however, will await yet her next book when I hope she returns to the quality and intricacy of plot that won her such praise for 'Songs in Ordinary Time'.

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