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Highlights
- In hypnotic and mesmerizing language, Kirsty Gunn explores the dark world of a young girl who has grown up with a mother dependent on storytelling and the oblivion of addiction to cope with the memory of lost love, the girl's father.
- Author(s): Kirsty Gunn
- 224 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
Written in Gunn's unmistakable and melodic prose, "The Keepsake" is a haunting and unforgettable novel about a lifetime of secrets that binds the relationship between a mother and her daughter.Book Synopsis
In hypnotic and mesmerizing language, Kirsty Gunn explores the dark world of a young girl who has grown up with a mother dependent on storytelling and the oblivion of addiction to cope with the memory of lost love, the girl's father. Raised on deceptive tales of happiness, the younger woman is drawn into and begins to relive the real story of pain, abandonment, and the tyranny of desire. As her life spirals out of control, the tangled yarn of her mother's past begins to unravel, until finally she can come to tell a story that is her own. This luminous and disturbing novel reveals the terrible intimacy of family love and the redemptive power of storytelling.Dimensions (Overall): 7.51 Inches (H) x 5.39 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Grove Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Kirsty Gunn
Language: English
Street Date: March 11, 1998
TCIN: 1001555089
UPC: 9780802135599
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-3794
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.65 inches length x 5.39 inches width x 7.51 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.5 pounds
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