Payback / Mary Gordon.
"Unbeknownst to her many fans, Quin Archer, the revenge-loving queen of the reality-TV show "Payback," was once an angry teen named Heidi - and her true story may be known only to Agnes, who was her art teacher at a private New England girls' school in the 1970s. Then a young woman herself, Agnes saw a spark of originality in the brooding Heidi. But when she suggests Heidi visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the girl returns with a disastrous account of having been picked up at the museum by an older man. Agnes's stunned, victim-blaming response will haunt both women for decades. Gordon narrates this tale of #metoo misunderstanding, from a time before there was language to contain it, with a sharp sense of life's changing tempo, carrying us through Heidi's disappearance and reinvention as Quin, and Agnes's escape into career and family in Italy - until, inevitably, they meet again. A remarkable book about the precise weight of our words and deeds, from a writer whose moral vision is deeply rewarding in its subtlety"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524749224
- ISBN: 1524749222
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
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Subject: | Sexual abuse victims > Fiction. Reality television programs > Fiction. Television personalities > Fiction. Blaming the victim > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. |
Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | GORDON, MARY (Text) | 34455006732941 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch | f (Text) | 33062009337958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009337776 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | GORDON (Text) | 31901004459972 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"Unbeknownst to her many fans, Quin Archer, the revenge-loving queen of the reality-TV show "Payback," was once an angry teen named Heidi - and her true story may be known only to Agnes, who was her art teacher at a private New England girls' school in the 1970s. Then a young woman herself, Agnes saw a spark of originality in the brooding Heidi. But when she suggests Heidi visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the girl returns with a disastrous account of having been picked up at the museum by an older man. Agnes's stunned, victim-blaming response will haunt both women for decades. Gordon narrates this tale of #metoo misunderstanding, from a time before there was language to contain it, with a sharp sense of life's changing tempo, carrying us through Heidi's disappearance and reinvention as Quin, and Agnes's escape into career and family in Italy - until, inevitably, they meet again. A remarkable book about the precise weight of our words and deeds, from a writer whose moral vision is deeply rewarding in its subtlety"--Provided by publisher.