Alice Adams (writer)

Alice Adams ( born August 14, 1926 in Fredericksburg, Virginia; † 27 May 1999) was an American author and university professor.

Life

Alice Adams grew up as a child of a failed writer. She and her mother were at odds. Adams thought that if she would be a writer, then she and her mother would understand again. So she took part in a writing course of their school. Her teacher told her to give up writing and prefer to marry.

After the marriage, however, broke up, she worked as a secretary. Your psychologist advised her also to give up writing. Instead, she published her first novel in 1966, " Careless Love " and a few years later, her first short story was published in the renowned magazine The New Yorker.

Works

• Careless Love (1966 )
• Families and Survivors (1975 )
• Listening to Billie (1978 )
• Beautiful Girl ( 1979)
• Rich Rewards (1980 )
• To See You Again (1982 )
• Molly 's Dog (1983 )
• Superior Women (1984 )
• Return Trips (1985 )
• Roses, Rhododendron: Two Flowers, Two Friends (1987 )
• Second Chances (1988 )
• After You've Gone ( short stories) (1989 )
• Mexico: Some Travels and Some Travelers There, introduction by Jan Morris ( 1990)
• Caroline 's Daughters (1991 )
• Almost Perfect (1993 )
• A Southern Exposure ( 1995)
• Medicine Men ( 1997)
• The Last Lovely City (1999)
• After the War ( 2000)
• The Stories of Alice Adams ( 2002)