Publish Date |
January 01, 1999 |
Category |
Biography & Autobiography / Women Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures |
Price |
$24.99 |
ISBN: 9780671028510
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: January 01, 1999
The Wall Street Journal Ms. Cheever's...coolly intelligent perspective...provides a clear, hard-edged picture of the snobbery, sexism, anti-Semitism adultery, alcoholism, and emotional dishonesty that were part and parcel of those swimming pools and tennis courts.The Washington Post Book World Engrossing...moving...Treetops is Susan Cheever's...most satisfyingly realized work to date.Houston Chronicle This smooth, articulate, inviting book takes us into the lair of a celebrated family. Susan Cheever, with keen observation and incisive character sketches, offers a tantalizingly spare memoir.Los Angeles Times Treetops may well be Susan Cheever's masterpiece.New York Daily News Because it's such a fascinating family, it's a fascinating book, but it's not always a pretty story, and one has to admire Susan Cheever's courage in telling it....Her greatest gifts come across in her memoirs....Home Before Dark and Treetops have established her as a very accomplished writer.