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Elizabeth Crook (Author)
A mesmerizing novel of four generations of Southwestern women bound to a mythical legacy
With its family secrets and hallowed texts containing explosive truths, The Night Journal suggests A. S. Byatt’s Possession transplanted to the raw and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest. Meg Mabry has spent her life oppressed by her family’s legacy–a heritage beginning with the journals written by her great-grandmother in the 1890s and solidified by her grandmother Bassie, a famous historian who published them to great acclaim. Until now, Meg has stubbornly refused to read the journals. But when she concedes to accompany the elderly and vipertongued Bassie on a return trip to the fabled land of her childhood in New Mexico, Meg finally succumbs to the allure of her great-grandmother’s story–and soon everything she believed about her family is turned upside down.
Author Biography
Elizabeth Crook is the author of two previous novels and has been published in anthologies and periodicals such as
Texas Monthly and
Southwestern Historical Quarterly. She has devoted most of the last decade to researching and writing this book.
Number of Pages: 464Dimensions: 0.85 x 8.24 x 5.1 INPublication Date: February 01, 2007Award: WILLA Literary Award (2007)
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