Bridgeport Bus

Mary Agnes Keely is finally leaving home ditching her Irish Catholic upbringing her widowed mother and the emptiness of small-town life for the chaos of Manhattan. Her journey will alter many lives: Lydia whose crazed husband is confined at Shay Acres; Stanley the dreaming commercial artist who brings his eager body to her virginal bed; and a ragtag array of artists and poets. Choosing her own way Mary Agnes taps hidden resources in a gradual process of creative self-discovery realizing triumphantly that it was no great sin to be at last alone.Stylistically original laced with Howard's characteristic irony and sharp wit <b>Bridgeport Bus</b> illustrates why Maureen Howard belongs on any list of the best American novelist practicing today (Robie Maccauley <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>).