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“Exquisitely crafted . . . Witty, nuanced and ultimately moving.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, and The Millions, and a Best Fiction Book of the Year by the Christian Science Monitor · Finalist for the Kirkus Prize · Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice · An Indie Next Pick “Smart, funny, and compassionate . . . [Florence Gordon] is a treat.” — People “Hilarious and addictive.” — San Francisco Chronicle Meet Florence Gordon, a blunt, brilliant feminist. At seventy-five, Florence wants to be left alone to write her memoir and shape her legacy. But when her son and his family come to visit, they embroil Florence in their dramas, threatening her coveted solitude. Marked with searing wit, sophisticated intelligence, and a tender respect for humanity, Florence Gordon is cast with a constellation of unforgettable characters. Chief among them is Florence herself, who can humble fools with a single barbed line, but who eventually finds that there are some realities even she cannot outwit. “It’s such a cliché to say a book makes you laugh and cry, but this one does, in the deftest way.” — Emily Gould, Paste “Deliciously sharp and deeply sympathetic . . . a truly gifted novelist.” — Adam Kirsch, Tablet
Florence Gordon, by Brian Morton- Amazon Sales Rank: #116515 in Books
- Brand: Morton, Brian
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Released on: 2015-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.24" h x .80" w x 5.49" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
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"Always a pleasure to read for his well-drawn characters, quiet insight and dialogue that crackles with wit, Morton here raises his own bar in all three areas." -- Kirkus, starred review
"Morton’s characters are sharply drawn, vivid in temperament and behavior, and his prose smartly reveals Florence’s strength and dignity." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Morton’s intelligent, layered portrait of a feisty, independent older woman is an absolute joy to read, not only for its delightful wit but also for its dignified appraisal of aging and living life on one’s own terms." --Booklist, starred review "Morton (Starting Out in the Evening) has created an obstreperous, rebellious character who is likable for being true to herself." --Library Journal
“Combining a rigorous intellect and a deep humanity, this is the story of a feminist hero, a family coming together and apart, and the ways we interpret the past and attempt to face the future. Most of all, Florence Gordon shows how passion — of one type or the other — shapes a heart." —Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
“Perceptive isn't a strong enough word to describe Brian Morton's insight into family dynamics; psychic is more like it. From the nuances of a long marriage to the inevitable, infinitely sad divisions and tender connections between grandparents and parents and children, Morton nails it all. And somehow he still manages to be funny, even as he breaks your heart.”—Emily Gould, author of Friendship
"Florence Gordon is a marvelous creation. Like many great characters in English literature, she is a sacred monster, fully realized and richly present in the pages of this thoroughly enjoyable book."—Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments and Approaching Eye Level
"A marvelously wise, compassionate, funny, rueful and altogether winning novel. Brian Morton knows inside-out this tribe of witty, thoughtful people who, for all their decent values and good intentions, can't seem to narrow the unbridgeable distance between men and women, young and old, pride and compromise, solitariness and community. Florence Gordon is his most generously ample, humane and vital book."—Phillip Lopate, author of To Show and To Tell and Against Joie de Vivre
"Florence Gordon is one of contemporary literature’s most wondrous characters: flawed and brilliant, funny and serious, totally unforgettable."—Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng and Half a Life
“Florence Gordon belongs on the very short list of wonderful novels about older women. Florence, the brilliant, cranky, solitude-craving feminist writer, is an indelible character, and her New York—the fading city of books and writers and melancholy oddballs —lives on in these immensely pleasurable pages.”—Katha Pollit, author of Learning to Drive: and Other Life Stories
From the Inside Flap “Always a pleasure to read for his well-drawn characters, quiet insight and dialogue that crackles with wit, Morton here raises his own bar in all three areas . . . [Florence Gordon is] a treat.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMeet Florence Gordon: blunt, brilliant, cantankerous, passionate, feminist icon to young women, invisible to almost everyone else. At seventy-five, Florence has earned her right to set down the burdens of family and work and shape her legacy at long last. But just as she is beginning to write her long-deferred memoir, her son Daniel returns to New York from Seattle with his wife and daughter, and they embroil Florence in their dramas, clouding the clarity of her days and threatening her well-defended solitude. And then there is her left foot, which is starting to drag . . .With searing wit, sophisticated intelligence, and a tender respect for humanity in all its flaws, Brian Morton introduces a constellation of unforgettable characters. Chief among them Florence, who can humble the fools surrounding her with one barbed line, but who eventually finds there are realities even she cannot outwit.
From the Back Cover Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle,Salon, and The Millions, and a Best Fiction Book of the Year by the Christian Science Monitor · Finalist for the Kirkus Prize · Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice · An Indie Next Pick “Smart, funny, and compassionate . . . [Florence Gordon] is a treat.” — People “Hilarious and addictive.” — San Francisco Chronicle Meet Florence Gordon, a blunt, brilliant feminist. At seventy-five, Florence wants to be left alone to write her memoir and shape her legacy. But when her son and his family come to visit, they embroil Florence in their dramas, threatening her coveted solitude. Marked with searing wit, sophisticated intelligence, and a tender respect for humanity, Florence Gordon is cast with a constellation of unforgettable characters. Chief among them is Florence herself, who can humble fools with a single barbed line, but who eventually finds that there are some realities even she cannot outwit. “It’s such a cliché to say a book makes you laugh and cry, but this one does, in the deftest way.” — Emily Gould, Paste “Deliciously sharp and deeply sympathetic . . . a truly gifted novelist.” — Adam Kirsch, Tablet Brian Morton is the author of five novels, including Starting Out in the Evening, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and now an acclaimed feature film, and Breakable You, soon to be a motion picture. He teaches at New York University and the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the director of Sarah Lawrence College’s writing program.
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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful. It's Not Easy Being a National Treasure By E. Burian-Mohr Florence is a brilliant woman, an early feminist, a writer, a seasoned New Yorker, a thinker, a fiercely independent 75-year old woman, and, in the early pages of the book, declared a "national treasure." She's also cantankerous, dismissive, and blunt. Within the first few pages, she deliberately drops a friend's Blackerry into a pitcher on sangria, ditches her own surprise party, and calls her granddaughter by the wrong name.All she really wants is to write and to be left alone.That's not happening. Her daughter-in-law Janine, who idolizes her, has come to work on a psych fellowship. Son Daniel, a Seattle cop, is there to spend some time back in New York. And granddaughter Emily is there, doing her New York thing over summer vacation from Oberlin. They all expect to spend some time with Florence.Florence is exactly the kind of woman you'd want for a friend and exactly the kind of woman you wouldn't want as a friend.Example of Florence-You'd Want-as-a-Friend:There's a huge line ta Duane Reade (a pharmacy, for we non-New Yorkers) and two cashiers. A tired-looking woman with a bottle of shampoo is about to step to the newly vacated register. A guy walks to the front of the line, cutting in front of probably 60 people, and starts to unload his basket in front of the open-mouthed cashier. Florence steps up to the plate."Can't you see there's a line here?" Florence said to him, pointing with her cane."There's two lines," he said, without even looking at her."Take another look.""What's it to you?""You don't throw your trash on the street, you don't serve yourself first, and you don't cut in line. It's called civilization.""F-- you, you crazy old bitch," the man said to Florence. He dropped the basket and left the store.The tired-looking woman came forward with her shampoo."Thank you," she said to Florence."You should stand up for yourself," Florence said.Then there's Florence-You-Don't-Want-as-a-Friend. The one so wrapped up in her thoughts that she passes her son Daniel without seeing him. The one who calls her granddaughter Emily "Emma." The one who baits DIL psychotherapist Janine about the pointlessness of talk therapy.At everyone's urging, Florence makes Emily her assistant and puts her through her paces. Emily not only steps to the challenge; she starts to challenge Florence, and an affectionate relationship grows.And yet...Here you have a cast of characters, each deeply intelligent, literate, and learned. But they seem incapable of communicating with each other about anything meaningful. Emily is struggling with a bad relationship with someone who is making unhealthy decisions and demands. She needs reassurance, yet she can't turn to anyone in her family. Daniel has a heart episode on a weekend alone in the city and shares it with no one. Janine is entering an illicit relationship with a co-worker and can't speak of it to anyone. And Florence... well, she's got a lot going on, too, and yet she shares it with no one.They've got tons of brains and thoughts and insights and vocabulary, but all any of them can do is tentatively ask, "Are you okay?"The book is a great character study of an intriguing woman and her family. And you know that, sadly, they are not okay.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Skillfully drawn characters, realistic dialogue but feels unsettling and incomplete By Tracy Marks When I discovered that Brian Morton had published a new novel, I was thrilled. His STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING is one of the most skillfully crafted novels I've read, and I was hoping that FLORENCE GORDON would be just as impressive. Unfortunately, it is not. But that doesn't mean that it is a bad novel – it's not..Morton is most talented in regard to creating characters, letting us into the complex and idiosyncratic thought processes which motivate their behavior, and revealing them through realistic dialogue. In FLORENCE GORDON, he does so with four characters:FLORENCE – the 70+ bristly, assertive, "pain in the ass" feminist writer who is unexpectedly being heralded as a national treasure because of her contributions to feminism;JANINE – her daughter-in-law, who is more preoccupied with a male colleague than her own husband;DANIEL – her son, who harbors suspicions about his wife which he is unable to communicate;EMILY – her college-age granddaughter, who helps her with her research, and wishes to become emotionally closer to her, despite the fact that Florence usually pushes people away. Emily is also struggling with her own relationships issues, and seeking to act with the firmness and directness of her grandmother.Often, in just a few lines, Morton makes insightful statements about his characters which may resonate with personal experience of the reader as well as illuminate the character. For example, Daniel says of his father and mother: "Saul just has his career. So when his career is going badly – as far as he's concerned, everything in the universe sucks. Florence has always thought of herself as participating in something that will outlast her."Occasionally too, Morton also surprises us with a bit of humor, as he does in his description of Emily's ex-boyfriend: "Justin was vegan as she was, but he took it further.....he turned down the broccoli her mother had made, explaining that he was now trying to eat only the simplest forms of plant life. He was feeling increasingly bad about killing vegetables."Initially, I was hoping that this this novel would be primarily about Florence, but the other characters were also a major focus. Florence and Emily, however, were the most interesting. By shifting back and forth between four characters in 111 (!) brief chapters, Morton sacrificed some of the depth with which he is capable of writing – as he did in STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING.In FLORENCE GORDON, although communication struggles and difficulties seemed to be a theme expressed by all major characters, and was a subtle unifying force, the book might have been more effective if Morton had focused almost entirely on Florence and Emily, relegating Daniel and Janine to peripheral status. It would also have been more satisfying if he ended had more resolution, and felt less like a dropping of several key threads of the story.What after all did Emily learn from Florence? And was her grandmother truly a constructive role model, worth emulating in her own relationships? Read the novel and answer these questions for yourself. FLORENCE GORDON is not a memorable book, but is quite effective in portraying character, and for that reason, is worth reading.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Well written, but seemingly pointless By Aderyn This book is a great example of good writing. It’s character-driven, and the characters are supremely well drawn. The New York City setting is handled so well that it could almost be considered another character. The writing is clear, interesting, and dramatic -- but that’s it.There’s essentially no plot, no dramatic insight or denouement, and no conflict unless we count the conflict between the title character, Florence Gordon, and everyone she encounters. Florence is an old, cranky, self-important woman. She dislikes that people respect and defer to her mostly because she was in the vanguard of the feminist movement, but she makes a point of not giving anyone any other reason to care about her. She doesn’t care if people like her, and I didn’t. In addition to Florence, all of the characters are struggling with personal issues, from retirement to divorce, all of which remain unresolved.I had to give 3 stars because despite what I saw as this book’s failings as a novel, Brian Morton’s writing is exceptionally strong. If you enjoy character sketches and would find that enough reason to read this book, I would highly recommend it. Otherwise, if you already struggle to keep your reading list under control, you might not want to give a slot to Florence Gordon.
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