Pearl considers themes familiar to her readers: the daughter-parent relationship, the ferocity of a mother's love, the ownership and expression of personal power, and the alternate solace or ...

Mary Gordon is one of those intensely interesting literary personalities whose creative energy -- and enthusiasm -- seems boundless. It is therefore unsurprising that Gordon's latest novel, "Pearl," ...

Gordon's latest novel opens in medias res on Christmas night in New York City with a phone call from the State Department. Maria Meyers's 20-year-old daughter, Pearl, supposedly studying linguistics ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After writing the novels "Pearl" and "Spending," Mary Gordon has ...