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Jun 09, 1998 | ISBN 9780679781325 Buy
Jul 15, 2015 | ISBN 9781101971253 Buy
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Jun 09, 1998 | ISBN 9780679781325
Jul 15, 2015 | ISBN 9781101971253
In her latest novel, the author of Another You combines intensely realistic description and an effortless command of mood to examine the treacherous difference between love and fascination–between what we know about other people and what we think we know. Dara Falcon is someone other people think they know. Charismatic and theatrical, she has no sooner arrived in a New England town than she is wreaking havoc in the lives of her new friend Jean and her family. As Ann Beattie follows Dara’s antics, she braids subplots and vibrant characters into a work that is compassionate, tartly funny, and teeming with life.
Ann Beattie has published twenty-one books and lives with her husband, the painter Lincoln Perry, in Maine. She is a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story and a member of the American Academy of Arts and… More about Ann Beattie
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