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Private Altars
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679428961
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0679428968
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 322
Publication Date: January 03, 1995
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: January 03, 1995
Studio: Random House
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Editorial Review:
A richly textured portrait of two generations of the Daniels family explores the lives of a dynasty of eccentric misfits and outsiders in a small West Virginia town dedicated to its own stagnation. A first novel. 15,000 first printing.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Turgid & Unrewarding
Mosby is a poet, and there are a few nice turns of speech, but the novel is ridiculous. The prose style is labored to the point of exasperation; the plot lacks direction; the characters are romance-novel farcical. The few attempts to create a real sense of time and place one are unconvincing. Very little to recommend about this one.
Rating:  - Plentiful in fresh metaphors, it's a treat!
I have shared this book with many of my friends, as a woman-to-woman gift. I bought it back in 1995 and have never lent out my own copy. I would not wish to lose it and the joy of re-reading it.
Rating: - Private Altars
My favorite book of 1999 was one whose characters stayed with me long after I'd turned the last page. Southern Gothic in tone and set in the 1920s, Private Altars tells the story of a Yankee woman whose intelligence and independence are seen as ecentricities in the rural community she has moved to. Abandoned by her husband, she teaches her two children to make the most of their imaginations. They are observed by an outsider, a youngster who has recently moved to the area and is fascinated by ... Read More
Rating: - Private Altars
My favorite book of 1999 was one whose characters stayed with me long after I'd turned the last page. Southern Gothic in tone and set in the 1920s, Private Altars tells the story of a Yankee woman whose intelligence and independence are seen as ecentricities in the rural community she has moved to. Abandoned by her husband, she teaches her two children to make the most of their imaginations. They are observed by an outsider, a youngster who has recently moved to the area and is fascinated by ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful, haunting and well-worth sharing
I read this book for the first time a few years ago. I loaned it to a friend and never saw it again. I bought it again, read a few more times, loaned it to a friend, lost it again. I'm on my third copy. It still sings to my soul every time I open it up...so beautiful it makes my heart ache. I hope to hang on to this copy, but it's such a wonderful book to share, I might have to get another pretty soon.
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