Silence in the shell of a city, no baby crying, no car honking, no ambulance shrieking, no lovers moaning, no drunks throwing up in the alley, no lights, nothing but wind and rain and snow in its season and rust and a rattling of open doors and carcass smell. It was a possibility like a brain tumor or a scorpion bite.

Books


Fiction
Digging Out (1967)
Up The Sandbox (1970)
Long Division (1972)
Torch Song (1977)
Loving Kindness (1987)
If You Knew Me (1993)
The Pursuit of Happiness (1991)
Secrets of the City (2003)
An Imperfect Lens (2006)


Non-fiction
Generation Without Memory: A Jewish Journey Through Christian America (1981)
Your Child's Mind: The Complete Book of Infant and Child Mental Health Care (co-authored with Dr. She is best known as a first-generation feminist and author of the novel Up The Sandbox (1970) which was filmed as a starring vehicle for Barbra Streisand in 1972. In 1993 The New York Times described her as "a writer who has never toed a party line feminist or otherwise.

She is best known as a first-generation feminist and author of the novel Up The Sandbox (1970) which was filmed as a starring vehicle for Barbra Streisand in 1972. Anne Roiphe (born December 25 1935) is an American writer and journalist. ".