Background
Simpson, Mona Elizabeth was born on June 14, 1957 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Abdulfata Jandali and Joanne Carol Schleble.
(In her highly acclaimed first novel, Anywhere But Here, S...)
In her highly acclaimed first novel, Anywhere But Here, Simpson created one of the most astute yet vulnerable heroines in contemporary fiction. Now Mayan Atassi--once Mayan Stevenson--returns in an immensely powerful novel about love and lovelessness, fathers and fatherlessness, and the loyalties that shape us even when they threaten to destroy us. Now a woman of twenty-eight and finally on her own in medical school, Mayan becomes obsessed with the father she never knew, leading her to hire detectives to dredge up the past, thus eroding her savings, ruining her career, and flirting with madness in a search spanning two continents. "Ratifies the achievement of Anywhere But Here, attesting to its author's...dazzling literary gift and uncommon emotional wisdom." --New York Times "A breathtaking piece of fiction; Simpson is a writer who can break our heart and mend it in the same sentence." --Cleveland Plain Dealer
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(Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury; 2 edition (19...)
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury; 2 edition (1987) Language: English ISBN-10: 0747500177 ISBN-13: 978-0747500179 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
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Simpson, Mona Elizabeth was born on June 14, 1957 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Abdulfata Jandali and Joanne Carol Schleble.
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1979. Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1983.
Professor Band College, Annandale, New York. Sadie Sammuelson chair language and literature Band College, Annandale, since 1988.
(Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury; 2 edition (19...)
(In her highly acclaimed first novel, Anywhere But Here, S...)
Married Richard James Appel, July 14, 1991. 1 child, Gabriel Jandali-Appel.