A Brief History of Kate Parker
Book Summary
A Brief History Of Kate Parker follows the life of an ordinary American woman,
Kate Parker, from her high-school years to her late twenties.
Originally from the unfashionable middle class in an overlooked part of the
country, through effort and ambition Kate Parker is able to attend a
prestigious college in the east, where she meets the person who becomes her
closest lifelong friend, Katie Leung. Kate Parker is drawn to Katie Leung, a
child of immigrants, as, regardless of their academic readiness, they are both
bewildered when faced with the daunting cultural advantages of their
classmates.
College completes Kate Parker's transformation into a provisional member of
the upper middle class, though her modest income as a public school teacher in
New York forces her to the relative margins of New York City, where she has
settled. She eventually meets a man named Gardner Traxler, whose superficial
attractiveness masks a lukewarm character. The birth of their son, Marlow,
does nothing to cement their union. Kate is successful in her teaching career,
but is conscious all the while of her outsider status. She settles uneasily
into her life as a single mother in an apartment in Midwood, Brooklyn.
Author Biography
“A Brief History of Kate Parker” is Daniel Schorr’s first novel.
Daniel has been a New York City public school teacher for 32 years.
He has a BA in history from Oberlin and a master’s in education from
Hunter College. He is currently a master’s student at the Institute of French
Studies at New York University.
Daniel is currently working on his next novel, “Caje Anderson.
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