The Desert Rose
Description
Set against the glittering, hard-edged world of 1980s Las Vegas, this novel follows Harmony, a veteran showgirl, and her daughter Pepper, who dreams of stepping into her mother’s high-heeled footsteps. As their ambitions bring them into the orbit of the city’s entertainment culture, the two women confront questions of identity, independence, aging, and the price of being seen. Centered firmly on the female experience, the story explores the bonds and tensions between mothers and daughters with wit, compassion, and unsentimental insight. It is a lively, empathetic portrait of women negotiating changing expectations in a dazzling but demanding world.
Available Editions
hardcover
Amereon Limited
Published Jan 1, 1987
254 pages
ISBN: 9780848803711
Reviews
1 rating
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
1983
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry.