Sleeping Arrangements

Sleeping Arrangements

by Laura Shaine Cunningham (Author)

Synopsis

Very few books have the magic of Sleeping Arrangements - the memoir of Lily Shaine, an orphan brought up by her two eccentric bachelor uncles. Uncle Len is a 6 foot 6 inch private investigator, a trench-coated cross between Abraham Lincoln and Sam Spade. Uncle Gabe, the librarian, is a confirmed dreamer who writes gospel songs in his spare time. With her uncles as mentors, the human jungle of the Bronx in the 1950s as her playground, the schoolroom as her torture chamber, and very knowing little girls as her playmates, Lily learns the secrets of life, sex, death and, above all, family love. A wry, funny and deeply affectionate portrait of the most unlikely of happy families, Sleeping Arrangements is a modern classic.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 228
Edition: First UK Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 17 Jan 2005

ISBN 10: 0747576270
ISBN 13: 9780747576273
Book Overview: A much loved book in America, the admirers of this little classic include Anne Tyler, Muriel Spark, Harper Lee, Jessica Mitford and Chaim Pottock For fans of Cider with Rosie and Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels A real-life Anne of Green Gables with much more punch - this is the slightly skewed version of a classic American childhood

Media Reviews
'A great pleasure.' Muriel Spark 'Reads like a novel You may find yourself sitting very quietly, mulling over the marvels of this truly wonderful book.' Anne Tyler 'A beautiful story that I will cherish for years to come.' Harper Lee 'I did so love it: the uncles, the grandmother, mother. The whole thing was a terrific treat.' Jessica Mitford
Author Bio
Laura Shaine Cunningham's books include the novels Dreams of Rescue (to be published by Bloomsbury in 2006) and Beautiful Bodies and one other memoir, A Place in the Country. She lives in New York and writes regularly for the theatre (Beautiful Bodies leads a dual life as a play with global popularity) and for publications such as the New Yorker, New York Times and Atlantic Monthly.