New york times bestsellernamed one of the best books of the year by san francisco chronicle, the huffington post, and shelf awareness in hausfrau, anna karenina goes fifty shades with a side of madame bovary. Anna benz, an american woman in her thirties, lives in comfort and affluence with her swiss banker husband and their three young children in a pictureperfect suburb of zurich. The exceptional debut novel from prizewinning american poet, jill alexander essbaum. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum the book musings. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hausfrau quotes by jill alexander essbaum goodreads. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. I like to keep this blog upbeat, but i also try my best to give honest opinions here.
Jill alexander essbaum is the author of several collections of poetry. Navigating the lines between lust and love, guilt and shame, excuses and reasons, anna benz is an electrifying heroine whose passions and. I held onto a paperback arc of this novel for a few years because the premise and cover were cool, but the story was. Vincent millay, simon armitage, and sylvia plath, essbaums poems bring together sex, divinity. A novel by jill alexander essbaum anna was a good wife, mostly.
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She is the winner of the bakeless poetry prize and recipient of two nea literature fellowships. The book that will have everyone talking cosmopolitan anna benz, an american in her latethirties, lives with her swiss husband, bruno a banker and their three young children, in a postcardperfect suburb of zurich. Fa hausfrau af jill alexander essbaum som ebog i epub. Isolated in a foreign country and a faltering marriage, anna begins three adventures to restart her life. It is an extremely insightful psychological study of an american expat living in switzerland with her swiss husband and their three children. March 17, 2015 creators jill alexander essbaum author. Haunting and elegant, hausfrau is the exceptional debut novel from the prizewinning american poet, jill alexander essbaum. Her work has twice appeared in the best american poetry, as well as its sister anthology, the best american erotic poems. Lets talk about hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum dnf.
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