Footprints (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Shelby Hearon
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The mid-1990’s
- Setting: Mead’s Mill in upstate New York; Texas; Florida
- Principal Characters: Douglas Mayhall, Nan Mayhall, Bethany Mayhall, Bert Mayhall, Alison, Jesse, Carole, Doris
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Marriage, Adultery, Accidents, Death or dying, Drunk driving or drivers, Organ donation
- Locales: New York, Florida, Texas
Footprints is Shelby Hearon’s fifteenth novel, following the highly acclaimed Life Estates (1994) and Owning Jolene (1990), which won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award. In Footprints Hearon continues her careful attention to detail, her rich command of language, and her clear insights into the human condition, especially the condition of women who struggle in their personal relationships. Nan Mayhall, the first-person narrator and protagonist of Footprints, is a forty-nine-year-old woman who apparently has a stable and...
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