Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Since its first publication in 2002 it has had a profound impact, not only on Robison's devoted following, but on the shape of the contemporary novel itself. Why Did I Ever is a book of piercing intellect and belligerent humor. While both her children seem to be losing all their battles, Money tries for ways and reasons to keep battling. Through it all, there is her darling puzzling daughter who lives close by but seems ever beyond reach, and her son, the damaged victim of a violent crime under police protection in New York. She forges loving inscriptions in all her books. She glues and hammers and paints every item in her place. Having been sacked by most of the studios and convinced that her dealings with Hollywood have fractured her personality, Money Breton talks to herself nonstop. She's back and forth between Melanie, her secluded Southern town, and L.A., where she has a weakening grasp on her job as a script doctor. dark jewel of a novel." -Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine
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