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The Empress of One | 
 enlarge | Author: Sullivan
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 743654
Media: Paperback
Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 1571310169
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781571310163
ASIN: 1571310169
Publication Date: August 11, 1997
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 Sullivan Wins Again! August 13, 2007
M. E. holiday (Cochiti Lake, NM USA)
I can so identify with Lark, Sally and Beverly because I was the same age they were in the middle/late 1930's. The surroundings and activities they engaged in were so "true to life" in my own life. Sullivan leaves the reader hungry for the next novel, hoping that we will find out that Sally was able to recapture her life and go on to success. She leaves us with the feeling that Lark and Beverly know what they want and will accomplish it.
Small town saga January 11, 2007
Beverley Strong (Australia)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I gave The Empress of One five stars for the superb writing. Author Faith Sullivan has the knack of using the most beautiful prose without being flowery and the talent to use words as if they were musical notes or colours in a painting. Sally Wheeler grows up in the small town of Harvester, Minnesota, the only child of beautiful, but strange, Stella, and a loving father. Today, Stella's strangeness would be immediately recognized as chronic depression and treated a such but,as was done in the 30's and 40's, she was given a hysterectomy and locked up in an institution. Perhaps a hysterectomy was part of the treatment back then...what a horrifying thought! With the help of both her paternal and maternal grandparents, Sally has a fairly normal childhood while battling the stigma of having a "crazy" mother, until she comes under the sexual spell of an emotionally needy teenaged boy who dominates her to try to make her dependant on him. It's a wonderfully written book which will stir memories, good or bad,of anyone who grew up in the 40's or 50's.
The Empress of One March 16, 2006
T. J. Jarboe (Kansas)
If you haven't discoverd Faith Sullivan's books, you are missing out on a great read! I first read Cape Ann, then followed it up with The Empress of One and Gardenias. These books and the characters transported me to the 1940's and immersed me in their lives. I loved that Empress of One and Gardenias are parallel stories told from two different points of view - reflective of real-life. Remember when you have read a book that you didn't want to end?....That is a perfect description of these!
 Another Great Novel by Faith Sullivan September 2, 2002
Sandra Mitchell (Chicago, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading & enjoying The Cape Ann, I was pleasantly surprised to find that The Empress of One is another great story. It may be helpful to read The Cape Ann first as you get a better understanding of one of the characters, Lark, and her mother, but it is not essential. It is interesting to read The Empress of One, and glaze over some of the same incidents from The Cape Ann from a different perspective.Sullivan's writing is wonderful. She has a great ability to take you back to the old days of small town life, when everybody knew everyone and day to day life was more community centered. The Empress of One is the coming of age story of Sally, a little girl who grows up with a mother who is deemed "crazy", but as we know today would be described as clinically depressed. It's both interesting and sad to see how society back in the day, dealt with some heavy issues, such as mental illness, compared to the strides we've made today. Sullivan will have you so familiar with the quaintness of Harvester and it's townfolk, you'll feel like it's your own home town as well. My only complaint is that she did leave a lot of unanswered questions and loose ends. If she ties those up in another novel, there won't be any complaints~
Faith Sullivan has a new fan! December 31, 2001
M. Glanzer (Midwest)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I finished "The Cape Ann" by Faith Sullivan and had to begin on "The Empress Of One" right away. I loved both books. This one picks up where The Cape Ann left off, except it focuses more on Sally Wheeler, Lark's best friend. Sally has had a hard childhood, dealing with her mother who is suffering from depression, but at this time nobody understood the disease and thought she was crazy. Lark has moved away to California, so Sally's main friend now is Beverly, who has also had a tough time, but is able to make the best of it. Sally's grandparents on both sides come to stay occasionally and help out, but for the most part she is home alone with her dad. Sally has a knack for acting and loves reading, which helps carry her through alot of turmoil... Sullivan has totally captured the essence of a young girl growing up, learning about boys, puberty, and sex, all without the help of a mother. Sally has gotten involved with a boy that is using her, but feels almost addicted to him. On top of that, her favorite teacher is run out of town after someone tells the school that he is gay. The teacher soon turns up dead and Sally blames herself, all of this combines to make Sally start to act like her mother. Will she go crazy too? I enjoyed this book so much that I will be looking for other novels by Sullivan, and will recommend these two books to others.
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