A Singular Family Rosacoke and Her Kin [Paperback]

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ENTIRE MUSTIAN CYCLE IN ONE VOLUME, WITH A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
Rosacoke Mustian initially stood up, live from her first paragraph in one of Reynolds Price's earliest short stories, A Chain of Love, and Price made the beginning of her life with Wesley Beavers the subject of his dazzling first novel,A Long and Happy Life.Eventually, Price spent two more novels,A Generous ManandGood Hearts,with this single family, telling a story of devotion and endurance that is now the hallmark of one of the most illustrious careers in American letters.
CONTENTS

PREFACE: A PLACE TO STAND

A GENEROUS MAN

A CHAIN OF LOVE

A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE

GOOD HEARTSJanet BurrowayThe New York Times Book ReviewA chronicler of decency, pluck and joy, in novel after novel [Price] has given us the weight and worth of the ordinary.Eudora Welty Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time.Dorothy ParkerEsquireMeticulously observed, beautifully told...it is indeed a lasting novel...a lovely novel, with the firm brilliance of its writing to keep its loveliness from sticking to your fingers.William HoganSan Francisco ChronicleLively, lusty, affectionate, preposterous, entertaining and well done.The Washington PostAt the end, the reader has the sense that all has been resolved and explained as well as may be in a universe that, if full of mysteries, still makes fundamental sense....Delightful and thought-provoking.