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Authors:
Roxana. Robinson
Material type:
Fiction
Subject:
Middle-aged women
,
Sandwich generation
,
Parent and adult child
,
Alzheimer's disease
,
Heroin abuse
,
Family
Language:
English
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
Year:
2008
ISBN:
9780374271879
0374271879
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Summary
Fiction & Biography
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Summary
In this luminous and gripping new novel, Robinson tackles addiction and explores its effects on the bonds of family, dazzling readers with her hallmark subtlety and precision in evoking the emotional interiors of her characters.
Fiction & Biography
Topics:
Professors
Summers
Vacations
Fathers and daughters
Elderly men
Alzheimer's disease
Mothers and daughters
Divorced women
Drug addiction
Heroin
Interventions
Resentment
Locations:
New York
Mid-Atlantic States (U.S.)
Maine
New England (U.S.)
Timeframes:
2000s
21st century
Genres:
Fiction
Domestic
Psychological
Character Traits:
Divorced
Mother
Characters:
Lambert, Julia
Professions:
Professor