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Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-

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New York : William Morrow, 2003

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Book

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394 pages ; 24 cm.

Language:

English

Edition:

1st ed.

ISBN:

0060509392 (acid-free paper)

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Mrs. Kimble

by Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-

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In her masterful first novel Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh delivers the compelling story of three women who marry the same man -- an enigmatic opportunist named Ken Kimble. Birdie. 1961. He was the choir director at a Southern Bible college. At practice she followed his hands with her eyes.... More In her masterful first novel Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh delivers the compelling story of three women who marry the same man -- an enigmatic opportunist named Ken Kimble. Birdie. 1961. He was the choir director at a Southern Bible college. At practice she followed his hands with her eyes. Watching him, she thought of the Piet : Mary weeping over her son's crucified body, his naked arms smooth as milk, his chest delicately ribbed like the underside of a flower. She imagined his shoulders bare beneath his shirt, his body long and white. One evening he approached her after practice. Joan. 1969. She met him at a pool party in Florida. His lank dark hair hung to his shoulders; he wore faded jeans and a colorful cotton blouse. His eyes were a startling blue. No man had touched her in a year. He was engaged to someone else. Dinah. 1979 They met by accident in Washington, D.C. Their paths had intersected once before, when she was a teenager. "You're a beautiful girl," he'd told her, oblivious to the hideous scar on her face. He was old enough to be her father. Kimble is revealed through the eyes of the women he seduces: his first wife, Birdie Bell, who struggles to hold herself together in the months following his desertion; his second wife, Joan Cohen, a lonely heiress shaken by personal tragedy, who sees in Kimble her last chance at happiness; and finally Dinah Whitacre, a beautiful but damaged woman half his age. Woven throughout is the story of Kimble's son, Charlie, whose life is forever affected by a father he barely remembers. Ken Kimble is a chameleon, a man able to become, at least for a while, all things to all women. To each of the three Mrs. Kimbles, he appears as a hero to whom powerful needs and nameless longings may be attached. Only later do they glimpse the truth about this elusive, unknowable man. A captivating exploration of human love, marriage, and the illusions upon which it is founded, Mrs. Kimble presents a fascinating psychological portrait of a mesmerizing opportunist and the women who believe in him. Beautifully wrought, stunningly original, Jennifer Haigh's sparkling debut marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Less

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Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
Married women -- Fiction.
Bigamy -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.

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Mrs. Kimble

by Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-

APA Citation (style guide)

Haigh, J. (2003). Mrs. Kimble. New York: William Morrow.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-. 2003. Mrs. Kimble. New York: William Morrow.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-, Mrs. Kimble. New York: William Morrow, 2003.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Haigh, Jennifer. Mrs. Kimble. New York: William Morrow, 2003. Print.

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