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"What at first seems to be a well-written but not unpredictable coming-of-age story--about two sisters approaching adolescence and facing the fact that their divorced mother has fallen in love--develops into a much darker and more disturbing tale....One of the novel's themes is the fraying that truth undergoes in the hands of family members....Ms. Cook triumphs completely...in her achingly nuanced depiction of a young girl's fierce love for her brave mother. She also succeeds in capturing the essential bond between siblings..."Cook, Karin is the author of 'What Girls Learn', published 1998 under ISBN 9780679769446 and ISBN 0679769447.
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