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Melissa Bank’s debut, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing , was a literary landmark and a runaway bestseller. Now, in The Wonder Spot , she reminds us why she has been compared to John Cheever and Raymond Carver. Shaped by Bank’s trademark blend of emotional depth and wry humor, ... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Sophie Applebaum: narrator
- Jack Applebaum: brother
- Robert Applebaum: brother
- Joyce Applebaum: mother
- Venice: college roomate + friend
- Dena: friend from elementary school, roomate later
First Sentence edit
YOU COULD TELL it was going to be a perfect beach day, maybe the best one all summer, maybe the last one of our vacation, and we were going to spend it at my cousin's bat mitzvah in Chappaqua, New York.
Table of Contents edit
Boss of the World
The Toy Bar
20th Century Typing
Run run run run run run run run Away
Dena Blumenthal + Bobby Orr Forever
The Romance
The One After You
The Wonder Spot
Authors & Contributors edit
- Melissa Bank (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0739463489
Page Count: 324
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0739463489
Page Count: 324
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813'.6
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