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Product Description

In Jasmine In My Hand, first-time author Mus White captures the world of Pia, a young Danish girl who whirls through time like a space traveler, alternating between an impoverished childhood in Copenhagen and what becomes a privileged married life in Los Angeles. Bringing a bold and original voice to her novel, White suspends the reader between rage and a state of grace. One moment Pia is an expectant granny, looking in terror toward old age. The next, she is the child tiptoeing past the "dragon father." Then she is a twelve-year old minigolf champ; a young, depressed mother in Sweden; a middle-aged matron driving a Jaguar; and, in the end, the "queen of the light switches," her metaphor for being in command of her own life.

About the Author

Mus White, born in Denmark, lives in LA. Author of From the Mundane to the Magical, she received the Rounce & Coffin Club award of merit in 2000. White's translation of an H.C. Andersen fairy tale was published in 2004.

PRODUCTS DETAILS

Hardcover: 189 pages
Publisher: Sunswept Press; 1 edition (April 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976880407
ISBN-13: 978-0976880400
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces