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  • Published: 9 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9780812971231
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $29.99

Kyra

A Novel





An unforgettable novel about love--and the first work of fiction by the author of the groundbreaking nonfiction bestseller In a Different Voice (over 700,000 copies sold). "The psychologist who transmuted our understanding of the female psyche...breaks new ground with Kyra..., a sensuous first novel exploring the permeable boundaries of women's inner and outer worlds...laying bare the 'revolutionary emotion' of love." --O Magazine

From the internationally renowned author of In a Different Voice, a remarkable debut novel: a love story that introduces an unforgettable character in modern fiction, Kyra, and a superb new fiction writer, Carol Gilligan. Kyra is an architect designing a new city, a woman of humor and courage living in a vibrant world of family, friends, and colleagues and determined to break out of old structures. When she meets Andreas, a director staging an innovative production of Tosca, neither wants to fall in love–and yet, inevitably, they do. Their story takes us from Cambridge and an island off the coast of Massachusetts to Vienna, Thailand, Cyprus, and Wales as Kyra seeks the deepest truths about herself, other people, loyalty, and love. This reaching leads her to commit singular acts that startle and shock, inspiring new freedom for others as well as for Kyra herself. Rich with Carol Gilligan’s signature gifts–emotional wisdom, subtle renderings of the intricacies of human relationship, conflict and choice, and lyrical prose–Kyra is a luminous, magnificent novel by a writer realizing the range of her powers.

  • Published: 9 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9780812971231
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan is the Graham Professor of Gender Studies at Harvard University and is a practicing psychotherapist. She has also taught in Britain at the University of Cambridge. Her book, In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development is a feminist classic, translated into 16 languages and Meeting at the Crossroads written with Lyn Mikel Brown, reported young girls voices and concerns as never before.

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Praise for Kyra

"I found Kyra to be vintage Gilligan--studded with insight, committed to boundary-breaking." --Gish Jen

"A new love story where we expereince love among equals--equally alive, equally sensual, equally smart, equally committed to work in the world, equally afraid. This is a haunting, soul-awakening novel." --Eve Ensler

"Kyra is an enthralling novel, tender scary and compelling. It crackles with a fierce intelligence, and keeps teh reader mesmerized throughout." --Maggie Scarf

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