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Also by Francine Prose:

Five Weeks in the Country, May 2026
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The Vixen, July 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The Vixen, July 2021
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Reader, I Married Him, April 2016
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Touch, June 2009
Hardcover
Goldengrove, October 2008
Hardcover
Goldengrove: A Novel, September 2008
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Tin House: Evil, April 2007
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Reading Like a Writer, August 2006
Hardcover

TOUCH
By: Francine Prose

Harper
June 2009
On Sale: June 16, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 0061375179
EAN: 9780061375170
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

What really happened at the back of the bus?

Did they, or didn't they?

Did she, or didn't she?

Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willard—something involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don't match, and the rumors spin out of control. Then other people get involved . . . the school, the parents, the lawyers. The incident at the back of the bus becomes the center of Maisie's life and the talk of the school, and, horribly, it becomes news. With just a few words and a touch, the kids and their community are changed forever.

From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes an unforgettable story about the difficulties of telling the truth, the consequences of lying, and the most dangerous twist of all—the possibility that you yourself will come to believe something that you know isn't true.

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All Things Considered - July 1, 2009