Mrs. Kimble
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The award-winning debut novel from Jennifer Haigh, author of BakerTowers, The Condition, and Faith, tells the story of Birdie, Joan,and Dinah, three women who marry the same charismatic, predatory, and enigmaticopportunist: Ken Kimble. Resonating with emotional intensity and narrativeinnovation reminiscent of Ann Patchettâs Bel Canto, Barbara Kingsolverâs The Poisonwood Bible, and Zora Neale Hurstonâs TheirEyes Were Watching God, Haighâs Mrs. Kimble is a timeless story ofgrief, passion, heartache, deception, and the complex riddle of love.
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Jennifer Haigh is the author of the short-story collection News from Heaven and six bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, including Mrs. Kimble, Faith and Heat and Light, which was named a Best Book of 2016 by the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and NPR. Her books have won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction, and have been translated widely. She lives in New England.
Martha Plimpton has starred in the films The Goonies and 200 Cigarettes among numerous others. A strong supporter of the theater, she donates her time and efforts to the ""52nd Street Project,"" a not-for-profit organization dedicated to matching inner-city children with professional theater artists to create original theater.
