A Lifetime Burning

Ellen Douglas

Univ. Press of Mississippi, Oct 9, 2012 - Fiction - 224 pages

So spontaneous is the writing in A Lifetime Burning, one might believe these are indeed words of a woman desperately trying to understand what has happened to her life, beginning with the fact that her husband has stopped sleeping with her.

Why? Is there a rival--perhaps "The Toad," the unattractive housewife next door--or someone else, who will completely surprise the reader, as do many of the events of the protagonist's story? At age sixty-two, Corinne must grapple with the most painful truth that her lifelong passion--which is anyone's passion, to love and be loved, body and soul--could burn unquenched forever. Her imaginative narrative even when she is lying is as revealing as bedrock truth. A Lifetime Burning is as real as life itself--a novel shimmering and vital and recognizably true. Gripping, smart, suspenseful, and at times, wonderfully witty, Douglas's widely acclaimed book forms a searching and searing record of love, anger, confession, and discovery.

Contents

• Monday Aug 4th: 3
• Wednesday Aug 6th: 7
• Thursday Aug 7th: 12
• Friday Aug 8th: 16
• Sunday Aug 17th: 17
• Monday Aug 18th: 21
• Tuesday Aug 19th: 29
• Thursday Aug 28th: 39
• Friday Aug 29th: 43
• Saturday Aug 30th: 49
• Saturday Sept 6th: 51
• Tuesday Sept 16th: 55
• Friday Sept 19th: 56
• Friday Sept 26th: 59
• Saturday Sept 27th: 62
• Thursday Oct 2nd: 68
• Friday Oct 10th: 73
• Monday Oct 13th: 77
• Thursday Oct 16th: 85
• Saturday Oct 18th: 88
• Sunday Oct 26th: 89
• Tuesday Oct 28th: 90
• Thursday Oct 30th: 91
• Wednesday Oct 29th: 92
• Saturday Nov 1st: 94
• Friday Nov 7th: 95
• Saturday Nov 8th: 98
• Sunday Nov 9th: 101
• Monday Nov 10th: 106
• Tuesday Nov 11th: 113
• Wednesday Nov 12th: 121
• Tuesday Nov 18th: 125
• Wednesday Nov 19th: 129
• Thursday Nov 20th: 131
• Friday Nov 21st: 134
• Saturday Nov 22nd: 139
• Friday Nov 28th: 151
• Saturday Nov 29th: 153
• Tuesday Dec 2nd: 155
• Thursday Dec 11th: 156
• Thursday Jan 1st: 159
• Friday Jan 2nd: 160
• Saturday Jan 3rd: 164
• Sunday Jan 4th: 168
• Monday Jan 5th: 170
• Wednesday Jan 7th: 174
• Thursday Jan 8th: 175
• Friday Jan 9th: 184
• Saturday Jan 10th: 185
• Sunday Jan 11th: 190
• Monday Jan 12th: 196
• Saturday Jan 17th: 198
• Sunday Jan 18th: 199
• Monday Jan 19th: 202
• Tuesday Jan 20th: 203
• Wednesday Jan 21st: 207
• Thursday Jan 22nd: 209
• Friday Jan 23rd: 210

About the author

Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton, who was born in Natchez, Mississippi on July 12, 1921. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942. During her lifetime, she wrote eleven books, including six novels and several collections of short stories and essays. Her novels include Apostles of Light, The Rock Cried Out, A Family's Affairs, A Lifetime Burning, and Can't Quit You, Baby. She won a lifetime achievement award in 2008 from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. She died after an extended illness on November 7, 2012 at the age of 91.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Lifetime Burning; Banner Books Series
• Author: Ellen Douglas
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2012
• ISBN: 1617036013, 9781617036019
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Biographical; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Psychological