House Arrest [Paperback]

Mary Morris, called a marvelous storyteller byThe Chicago Tribune, returns with the finest novel in her acclaimed career--a vividly etched, engrossing story of a nation, two remarkable women, and the meaning of freedom.

Taut with tension, filled with the telling observations of place and local character that grow out of her expertise as a travel writer,House Arrestis Mary Morris's richest, most powerful novel to date.

Mary Morrisis also the author of the novelsThe Night Sky, (available from Picador),Crossroads, andThe Waiting Room; two travel memoirs,Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling AloneandWall to Wall: From Beijing to Berlin by Rail; and the award-winning story collectionsVanishing Animals and Other StoriesandThe Bus of Dreams. Her new story collection isThe Lifeguard. Mary Morris teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.