Before My Time

by Maureen Howard

Laura Quinn, contented mother and successful journalist, is prompted to reassess her past, her world, and her values as a result of conversations with her visiting teenage nephew, Jimmy Cogan

Genres: Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Maureen Howard is the author of seven novels, including Grace Abounding, Expensive Habits, and Natural History, all of which were nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award. 'Facts of Life' is an award-winning autobiography. She is a 1952 Smith College alumnae and has taught at a number of American universities, including Columbia, Princeton, Amherst, and Yale, and was recently awarded the Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book, I really did, but when all of your characters are completely unlikeable and their motivations seem to make little to no sense it gets difficult. The last section of the book is completely bizarre, and while the whole thing had promise it just wasn't for me.