Purple America (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Rick Moody
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Family literature
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Suicide, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Death or dying, Speech, Nuclear warfare or weapons, Nuclear energy or power plants
- Locales: Fenwick, CT
Rick Moody’s celebrated third novel PURPLE AMERICA encompasses two distinct but related stories: one the tale of Billie Raitliffe, suffering for decades from a progressive neurological disorder whose indignities she is determined to end by securing her grown son’s help in an assisted suicide, and the other an understated technothriller concerning an escalating crisis at the local nuclear power plant. Linking the two plots is Lou Sloane, Billie’s second husband, who is in a deepening crisis of his own: forced into retirement by plant management as a means of damage control...
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