- Literature, Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Mothers and daughters, fiction
A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children.
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Contemporary, spare, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- picador, Edicions Bromera, S.L., Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- English, French, Spanish, heb
- ISBN
- 9782841113736
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