Vida

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In the 1960's, Vida was a political star of the anti-war movement and a charismatic red-headed beauty. Orginally published in in 1979, this vivid novel follows Vida on the run a decade later, her exubarence replaced by a stubborn courage. Hiding in a safe house she meets Joel, a fugitive, and desipite knowing the dangers she starts warming to a man for the first time in years. As counterpoint to the underground 70's Piercy tells the extraordinary tale of the optimistic 60's, capturing the energy and rage of those involved.

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"Real people inhabit its pages and real suspense carries the story along... 'Vida' of course means life and she personifies it."
--Chicago Tribune

"A fully controlled, tightly structured dramatic narrative of such artful intensity that it leads the reader on at almost every page."
--New York Times Book Review

"Marge Piercy tells us exactly how it was in the lofts of the Left as the 1960s turned into the '70s. This is the way everybody sounded. This is the way everybody behaved. Vida bears witness."
--New York Times

"Very exciting. Marge Piercy's characters are complex and very human."
--Margaret Atwood

Author Bio

Marge Piercy is the author of 17 novels, including the bestselling Braided Lives, Gone to Soldiers, and Woman on the Edge of Time; numerous volumes of poetry; and a critically acclaimed memoir, Sleeping with Cats. She is the recipient of four honorary doctorates and has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles of our time. She lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.