- Married women, Stepfamilies, Fiction, Grief
Attorney Emilia Greenleaf's attempts to bond with her know-it-all preschool stepson William becomes even more difficult after the death of her infant daughter, but the little boy proves to be the link by which she is able to save herself and her marriage.
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Ayelet Waldman
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 340
- Publisher
- Anchor Books, Transworld Publishers Limited, ISIS
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780552772921
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