The Mothering Coven
2009
First Published
4.10
Average Rating
123
Number of Pages
Fiction. Mapping a utopia on the brink, THE MOTHERING COVEN's rare blend of charisma and pyrotechnic wordplay makes for an utterly original act of storytelling. Bertrand has disappeared from the house she shared with seven women—artists, scientists, and of course, witches. As the women plan a party for Mrs. Borage's hundredth birthday, Bertrand's absence threatens to dissolve the world they've created. "Deliriously imagined, THE MOTHERING COVEN is a work of wonder. Joanna Ruocco marvelous, and fully sprung!"—Carole Maso. "[A]n engagingly whimsical tale, graceful and inventive, with its own distinctive lexicon"—Robert Coover.
Avg Rating
4.10
Number of Ratings
59
5 STARS
36%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Joanna Ruocco
Author · 6 books
Joanna Ruocco is a prize-winning American author and co-editor of the fiction journal Birkensnake. In 2013, she received the Pushcart Prize for her story "If the Man Took” and is also winner of the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. Ruocco received her MFA at Brown, and a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Denver. Her most recent novel is Dan, published by Dorothy, A Publishing Project. She also serves as Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Wake Forest University. Ruocco has also published romance novels under the pseudonyms Toni Jones and Alessandra Shahbaz. (from Wikipedia)
