And Now You Can Go

And Now You Can Go

by VendelaVida (Author)

Synopsis

A sharply humorous and fast-paced first novel about the effects - some predictable, some wildly unexpected - that an encounter at gunpoint have on a previously assured young woman. The gun is pointed at 21-year old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. Although she escapes unharmed, and without being robbed, she is left psychologically reeling. Over the next weeks Ellis keeps everyone at bay; the police, suitors who want to save her, and the university therapist who hints that her sweaters are too tight. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she finds that life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 07 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0224063847
ISBN 13: 9780224063845
Book Overview: A fast, funny first novel by a brilliant young American writer

Media Reviews
'I was captivated from the first page, compelled to keep on reading until I finished it... Vendela Vida's novel is a gift to the reader, a story that contains what I love best about fiction: an idiosyncratic voice, keenly observed gestures, intelligence and heart, and a story of both large and small moments that reverberate in unpredictable ways. It is the debut of a writer with enormous talents.' Amy Tan 'And Now You Can Go's narrator is a cool, quirky customer, but she's ever ready to do something generous, something noble, something stamped with grace.' David Schickler, author of Kissing in Manhattan
Author Bio
Vendela Vida's first book, Girls on the Verge - a journalistic study of female initiation rituals, grew out of her M.F.A. thesis at Columbia University. She lives in California. This is her first novel.