Departures

by Jane Bernstein

READING CREASES ON SPINE. BOOKSTORE STAMP AND x ON FIRST PAGE. NO WRITING OR MARKS ON REST OF PAGES.

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Jane Bernstein's new novel, The Face Tells the Secret, was published by Regal House in the fall of 2019. She is the author of five previous books, among them the memoirs Bereft - A Sister's Story, and Rachel in the World. Jane is a lapsed screenwriter and an essayist whose work has been widely published in such places as Creative Nonfiction, The Sun, and the New York Times Magazine. In 2018, her essay “Still Running” was chosen for Best American Sports Writing 2018, and Gina from Siberia, a picture book she wrote with her daughter Charlotte Glynn was published. Her grants and awards include two National Endowment Fellowships in Creative Writing and a Fulbright Fellowship. She is a professor of English and a member of the Creative Writing Program at Carnegie Mellon University." Visit www.janebernstein.net to read some of her shorter work.

Reviews

[Rohan Saxena · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was gifted this book it was against my will. Main character pissed me off lowkey. Didn’t like the ending.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent descriptions, can almost understand the feelings of being unstable.