My Sister's Keeper [Hardcover]

Nora Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992

The head of the History Department at a northwestern university cannot dismiss recent acts of campus sexism as pranks when her finest student, a radical feminist leader, is turned down for a fellowship and an investigation uncovers clues to a murder.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Blatant sexism and hatred plague a university on Canada's west coast in this thought-provoking, smoothly written mystery by the author of In the Shadow of King'sspok . As the fall semester begins, engineering students stage a crude ritual involving female "slaves." Vociferous protests by the campus Feminist Union spark a near-riot, and in the weeks that follow, feminist-bashing becomes commonplace: a female effigy is hung, insulting graffiti proliferates are scrawled and the engineers picket a second women's demonstration. Meanwhile, as history department head Gillian Adams lobbies for a women's studies curriculum, her colleagues pass over a deserving female student and award a fellowship to a less qualified male aspirant. When the unsuccessful candidate dies in a motorcycle crash, Gillian suspects that sabotage may have caused the wreck. Insightful characterization and a plausible wrap-up of the central crime make for an often riveting novel, although some readers may be dissatisfied by Kelly's realistic refusal to tidily resolve the larger issue of sexual harassment on campus.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312082681
• ISBN-13: 978-0312082680
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,269,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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