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At twenty-three, Dani Shapiro was in the midst of a major rebellion against her religious upbringing. She had dropped out of college, was halfheartedly acting in television commercials, and was carrying on with an older married man when her life was changed, in an instant, by a phone call. Her... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- New Jersey
- Overlook Hospital
- London
- Westchester
- New York City
- Hillside
- Newark
- Paris
- Europe
- California
- Manhattan
First Sentence edit
The night before I receive the phone call that divides my life into before and after, my face swells in an allergic reaction to a skin cream, then blisters and chaps.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dani Shapiro (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0679456317
Page Count: 245
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0679456317
Page Count: 245
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 818.5403
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