A Bigamist's Daughter

A Novel

By: Alice McDermott

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

The New York Times Bestselling Author of After This and Charming Billy

Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true emotional depth rarely cross her desk. But when a young writer named Tupper Daniels walks in, bearing an unfinished novel, Elizabeth is drawn to both the novelist and his story—a lyrical tale about a man in love with more than one woman at once. Tupper's manuscript unlocks memories of her own secretive father, who himself may have been a bigamist. As Elizabeth and Tupper search for the perfect dénouement, their affair, too, approaches a most unexpected and poignant coda.
A brilliant debut from one of our most celebrated authors, A Bigamist's Daughter is "a wise, sad, witty novel about men and women, God, hope, love, illusion, and fiction itself" (Newsweek).

Critic reviews

<p>“Tavia Gilbert vividly narrates Elizabeth's quest for understanding of her past and her present…Gilbert conveys Elizabeh's long-hidden pain and highlights McDermott's message about relationships between men and women.” —<i>AudioFile Magazine</i><br><br>“Impressive…A fascinatingly prismatic story.” —<i>Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>“One of our finest novelists at work today.” —<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>“There's no one like Alice McDermott…her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate.” —<i>Elle</i><br><br>“Beautifully written.” —<i>The Washington Post</i><br><br>“A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing….A richly detailed story.” —<i>The Kansas City Star</i><br><br>“McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical.” —<i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i></p>