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Suburban Long Island in the 60s is the setting for this story of the binding love between a young couple, and the drastic actions they must take when she becomes pregnant. From the author of The Bigamist's Daughter.
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THAT NIGHT when he came to claim her, he stood on the short lawn before her house, his knees bent, his fists driven into his thighs, and bellowed her name with such passion that even the friends who surrounded him, who had come to support him, to drag her from the house, to murder her family if they had to, let the chains they carried go limp in their hands.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alice McDermott (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0374273618
Page Count: 183
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0374273618
Page Count: 183
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1988: Fiction)
- National Book Award (Finalist, 1987)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Finalist, 1987)
- PEN/Faulkner Award (Finalist, 1988: Fiction)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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