Familiar Heat

by Mary Hood

Mary Hood's lyrical, humorous, and down-to-earth novel lays bare marriage with all its intangible dreams and mysteries and reveals the subtle web of personalities and events that characterize a small town. When a brutal accident leaves Faye Parry with permanent amnesia, her new husband, Vic Rios--a sea captain and reformed rake--reverts to his old ways, resulting in an estrangement that seems irreparable.

Genres: Fiction

464 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1995

About the author

Mary Hood (born September 16, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia) is an award-winning fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored two short story collections - How Far She Went and And Venus is Blue - and a novel, Familiar Heat. She also regularly publishes essays and reviews in literary and popular magazines.

Reviews

[Melissa Delbridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

She's such a phenomenal writer. I like her short stories more. Her work is so clear and simple on the surface, but has so many layers of meaning. She can tell me a hundred things about a character in one paragraph and has an uncanny ability to select the defining moment in a character's life.

[Allison Yarrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Longer than the short stories. Lovely.

[Suzanne Litrel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpected surprise. Hood's brilliance sneaks up on you.

[Juli · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5