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Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
383 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with her second book and abandoned by both her husband and her agent, novelist Francesca Sewell takes on the task of ghost writing the family history of Chicky, the ninety-year-old daughter of 1920s vaudeville stars, and gradually discovers how to move on with her life.
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Language
English
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"If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely. Once...
3) Dear Mr. M
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Language
English
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From alternating points of view, none of which can be trusted, Herman Koch weaves together an intricate tale of a writer in decline, a teenage couple in love, a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines all of their fates.