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"Reading Jessica Shattuck's pitch perfect first novel is like spying on the children and grandchildren of John Cheever's Wapshots."— Los Angeles Times This "richly appointed and generously portrayed" ( Kirkus Reviews ) debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face... read more

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CAROLINE DUNLAP HAS ALWAYS been surrounded by crazy men.

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  1. Jessica Shattuck (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0393051323
Page Count: 288

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