Anywhere but Here (Tie-in) - Softcover

Mona Simpson's exception first novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, Adele and Ann, making their way west so that Ann can be a child star, living off Adele's abandoned second husband's credit card.When her mother's campaigns become too hare-brained or the maternal blackmail too dear, Ann makes reverse-charge calls to her beloved grandmother, who reassures her that Adele has made as baffling a daughter as she has a mother.Mona Simpson's astonishing ear for the nuances of emotional politics marks this startling and original debut by one of the finest voices in American fiction.

Published to extraordinary critical acclaim in 1987, Mona Simpson's exceptional first novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, Adele and Ann, making their way west from Bay City Wisconsin so that Ann can be a child star while she is still a child and living off Adele's abandoned second husband's credit card. Adele likes to explain to Ann what class is, and always buys good clothes - how else is she going to get Ann a new daddy? When her mother's campaigns become too hare-brained or the maternal blackmail too dear, Ann makes reverse charge calls to the beloved dead-end house in Bay City where her grandmother reassures her that Adele has made as baffling a daughter as she does a mother. Mona Simpson's astonishing ear for the nuance of emotional politics marked this startling and original debut by one of the finest voices in American fiction.