Eileen Favorite teaches at the School of the Art Institute
of
Chicago, where she received her MFA in writing in 1999. She was
nominated
for a Pushcart Prize for her short story Gangway: The Space Between
Two
Houses. Her poetry and prose have appeared in literary magazines
and her
essays and poems have aired on Chicago Public Radio. She lives in
Chicago
with her husband and daughter.
"On a picturesque acreage near Prairie Bluff, Illinois,
thirteen-year-old Penny Entwhistle and her mother, Anne-Marie, run
a retreat where literary Heroines seek temporary refuge from their
tragic destinies. Franny Glass, Madame Bovary, Scarlett O'Hara,
Catherine Earnshaw, and others find respite from their varied
cries, but must return to their books eventually and suffer the
fate that awaits...Favorite offers a fun take on the impact
literature can have on our lives." -- Publishers Weekly
"Quirky: adolescent angst meets metaphysics, screwball-comedy
trysts with the underpinnings of reality. It's funny and tender;
it's a chance to see Scarlett O'Hara and Emma Bovary off duty." --
Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife
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