Background
Kathryn Glasgow Stern was born in the United States.
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In this stunning novel, a mother's desperate desire to be somebody, fueled by the memory of a date she once had with Elvis, provokes an intense rivalry with her daughter. Silvie Page, determined to escape the control and frustrations of her mother, has started her own life - she's moved to New York, gotten a job in publishing, met a wonderful man. Still, her entangled and competitive relationship with her mother, Mimi, continues to haunt her. Moving back and forth in time, Another Song About the King explores how the fantasies and experiences of one generation have an impact on the lives of another.
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Kathryn Glasgow Stern was born in the United States.
Kathryn Stern is an author of the novel, Another Song About the King, which was published in 2000. In her book, Stern explores the difficult relationship that exists between a mother and daughter, Mimi and Silvie. With compassion, insight, and elegance, the novel traces the tensions and fissures between a repressed but talented mother and her daughter, whose own life's experiences sadly reflect the disappointments, resentments, and fears felt by her mother.
It is not just about the evolving relationship between a mother and her daughter. This deeply reflective novel also treats the issues of insanity, suicide, depression, divorce, existential anguish, and terminal illness. The author with a sure and sensitive hand understands the quest all children, regardless of age, have to understand and forgive their parents.
In addition to her novel, Stern was also a producer, with others, of the film 35 Miles from Normal in 1997. Besides, she served as an editorial assistant at Colonial Homes Magazine, Hearst Corporation, and worked in the research department at Glamour Magazine, Condé Nast.
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2000Quotations: "The leaving happened slowly, gradually, as these things do, and before we knew it, we were lost to each other, as if a magician had whisked a cloth off the table, leaving the dishes there, jolted. And when we looked back it was all a blur, time on fast forward, hurtling to an inevitable conclusion."
Kathryn Stern is married to James D. Stern. The marriage produced two children, Esme and Satchel.