Daughter of Providence: A Novel

By Julie Drew

The "sympathetic and compelling" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) novel about a young woman untangling family secrets and claiming her independence.

Julie Drew's extraordinary novel is a breakthrough work in the tradition of Richard Russo and Annie Proulx. summer, 1934: Anne Dodge, raised by her old-money father in a small Rhode island coastal town, has always been told that her mother abandoned them. But then Anne learns that she has a half- sister, Maria Cristina --and when Maria Cristina comes to live with Anne and her father, ugly truths begin to surface about the family.

Within a context of jazz, the end of Prohibition, and stifling gender expectations, Daughter of Providence is a gripping and seductive summer read. this story of loss and rediscovery will resonate with readers long after the final page.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Release date: Aug 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781590208946

Julie Drew

Julie Drew grew up in Florida, and attended the University of South Florida where she earned her B.A. in Creative Writing, and M.A. and Ph.D. in English. She is currently Professor of English at The University of Akron. She has done a little traveling, and lived for a year in China with her family. Julie has published numerous academic works, and nonfiction essays and new-fiction reviews in the Boston Globe and Cleveland Plain Dealer, respectively.

Reviews for Daughter of Providence

[beamis12 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Story set in Rhode Island in the 1930's. Her mother having left her when she was young, Annie finds out and takes in a younger sister who she believes is her half sister. Her father is not to thrilled, because the younger sister looks just like the wife who left him. Many secrets are revealed and everyone in the family is changed forever.