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Hyperion
July 2004
On Sale: July 14, 2004
352 pages
ISBN: 0786888458
EAN: 9780786888450
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Women's Fiction
dazzling debut in the tradition of Jane Hamilton and Mona
Simpson. In Laura Moriarty's extraordinary first novel, a young girl
tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her.
Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of
work and dating a married man, 10-year old Evelyn Bucknow
learns early how to fend for herself. Offering an affecting portrayal of a troubled
mother/daughter relationship, one in which the daughter is
very often expected to play the role of the adult, the
novel also gives readers a searing rendering of the
claustrophobia of small town midwestern life, as seen
through the eyes of a teenage girl. Evelyn must come to
terms with the heartbreaking lesson of first love -- that
not all loves are meant to be -- and determine who she is
and who she wants to be. Stuck in the middle of Kansas,
between best friends, and in the midst of her mother's
love, Evelyn finds herself . . . in The Center of
Everything.
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