The Duchess of Angus

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By Margaret Brown Kilik

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The Duchess of Angus by Margaret Brown Kilik presents the story of a young woman navigating life in a 1930s boarding house in Texas. The protagonist encounters a colourful array of characters who challenge and shape her understanding of identity and belonging. The narrative explores themes of youth, friendship, and the quest for independence.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy heartfelt narratives about self-discovery and resilience. It offers a poignant exploration of life in mid-20th century Texas through the eyes of a young woman finding her way amidst social constraints and personal challenges. The depth of character development and vivid sense of place provide a richly immersive reading experience.

The Duchess of Angus

Plath's The Bell Jar and McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter meet South Texas struggles with gender, class, and race

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Written in the 1950s and discovered by family members years after her death, Margaret Brown Kilik's shocking coming-of-age novel of the emotional and sexual brutality of young women's lives in wartime San Antonio deserves a place on the shelf alongside classic novels like Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding.

The Duchess of Angus reworks Kilik's unusual personal history (her mother spent the 1930s running flophouse hotels all over the United States, leaving Margaret to be brought up by a host of relatives) into a riveting portrait of a young woman navigating a conflicted and rapidly changing world, one in which sex promises both freedom from convention and violent subjection to men's will.

Strikingly modern in its depiction of protagonist Jane Davis and her gorgeous, unreadable friend Wade Howell, The Duchess of Angus covers some of the same emotional territory as novels like Emma Cline's The Girls and Robyn Wasserman's Girls on Fire.

Includes an introduction by Jenny Davidson and contextual essays by Laura Hernandez-Ehrisma and Char Miller.

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The Duchess of Angus is praised for its captivating character study and authentic portrayal of 1940s San Antonio, Texas. Reviewers highlight the protagonist, Jane Davis, as a strong, headstrong figure navigating a challenging world. The novel is noted for its wit, surprise, and vivid depiction of female friendship, making it an engaging and thought-provoking read.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781595349071

Publisher: Trinity University Press,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Trinity University Press,U.S.

Illustration: map of San Antonio showing places of interest in the novel

Contributors:

Introduction by Jenny Davidson
Afterword by Char Miller
Foreword by Laura Hernndez-Ehrisman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Margaret Brown Kilik was raised by a single mother, and they moved frequently throughout the country during her childhood. Kilik graduated from the University of Toledo with a degree in English and subsequently lived in San Antonio, where she renewed a relationship with Eugene Kilik, whom she married. They spent the majority of their lives in New York City, where Kilik established and ran the Key Gallery in Soho. She was a collage artist and writer, and her only novel, The Duchess of Angus, written in the early 1950s, was discovered after her death. She died in New York in 2001.