Elizabeth Maguire
Elizabeth Maguire (1958-2006) was born in New York City and had a distinguished twenty-five year career as an editor and publisher. She nurtured numerous prize-winning books and was especially known as a champion of African-American nonfiction and for her deep commitment to African-American writers. Maguire published one novel, Thinner, Blonder, Whiter (2003), during her lifetime. She had just completed her second novel, The Open Door, at the time of her death from ovarian cancer.
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The Open Door
Hardcover | 248 pages | Other Press | Fiction
978-1-59051-283-8 (1-59051-283-9)
June 10, 2008 | $27.95
“The story is the journey, not the destination. Or so the philosopher’s say. But this is my story, and it has a beginning, a middle, and an end….”
The Open Door is a luminous and profoundly moving novel inspired by the life of Constance Fenimore Woolson, one of the most widely-read and...
Written by Elizabeth Maguire
Hardcover | 248 pages | Other Press | Fiction
978-1-59051-283-8 (1-59051-283-9)
June 10, 2008 | $27.95
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“The story is the journey, not the destination. Or so the philosopher’s say. But this is my story, and it has a beginning, a middle, and an end….”
The Open Door is a luminous and profoundly moving novel inspired by the life of Constance Fenimore Woolson, one of the most widely-read and...
