- Mothers and sons, Psychological fiction, Fiction, Fugitives from justice
In the 1970s, Bobby Desoto and Mary Whittaker -- passionate, idealistic, and in love -- design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Dana Spiotta
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 297
- Publisher
- Scribner, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743272988
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“IT IS EASY for a life to become unblessed.”
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