Kathryn Harrison

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1991
  • Latest Book:
    April 2022
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Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • Thicker Than Water

    Isabel is the troubled daughter of charismatic but reckless parents who hastily wed, divorced just as fast, and distanced themselves from each otherâ€"and their child. Left to her grandparents’ care, Isabel longs for her remote, glamorous mother an...

  • Exposure

    “Luminous and affecting . . . [Exposure] examines the often fine line between art and abuse. . . . Taut in plot, beautifully realistic, and intelligently disturbing.”â€"Harper’s BazaarAnn Rogers appears to be a happily married, successful young...

  • Poison

    Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchan...

  • A Thousand Orange Trees

  • The Binding Chair or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society

    In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shanghai at the turn of the century, The Binding Chair i...

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Introduction by Kathryn Harrison
     
    Inspired by the long-standing affair between D. H. Lawrence’s German wife and an Italian peasant, Lady Chatterley’s Lover follows the intense passions of Constance Chatterley. Trapped in an unhappy marr...

  • The Seal Wife

    Stunning, hypnotic, spare, The Seal Wife is the masterly new novel by Kathryn Harrison, “a writer of extraordinary gifts” (Tobias Wolff). Set in Alaska in 1915, it tells the story of a young scientist’s consuming love for a woman known as the A...

  • Saint Therese of Lisieux

    Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became-through her posthumously published autobiography-one of the world's most influential religious figures. In Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, ...

  • Envy



  • While They Slept

    Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on her as well. Billy then climbed the stairs to the bedroom of his other sister, Jody, an...

  • The Kiss

    In this acclaimed and groundbreaking memoir, Kathryn Harrison transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman’s life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that begins when she, at age twenty, is reunite...

  • Enchantments

    From Kathryn Harrison, one of America's most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia's Romanov Empire. St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin's body is pulled from the icy waters of the...

  • Weeds in Nana's Garden

    A young girl and her Nana hold a special bond that blooms in the surroundings of Nana’s magical garden. Then one day, the girl finds many weeds in the garden. She soon discovers that her beloved Nana has Alzheimer’s Disease; an illness that affec...

  • The House of the Five Henrys

    A collaboration between two very different generations of a Homeschooling co-op, The House of the Five Henrys is a touching tale of individuality in a family of strong, independent personalities. The Henrys teach you that mistakes can still be art, a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathryn Harrison has published 14 books.

Kathryn Harrison does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The House of the Five Henrys, was published in April 2022.

The first book by Kathryn Harrison, Thicker Than Water, was published in March 1991.

No. Kathryn Harrison does not write books in series.
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