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Sue Miller
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The Good Mother : A Novel |
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No copies available |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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320 |
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2002-09-17 |
| ISBN: |
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B000ENBRGO |
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Harper Perennial |
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0.55 pounds |
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5.2 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches |
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1st Perennial ed |
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3 Hana Marino (USA: NY), KateQ (Switzerland), barb (USA: MI) |
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3 Amy (USA: NY), mona (Philippines), Tikay (USA: CA) |
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Product Description
Recently divorced, Anna Dunlap has two passionate attachments: her daughter, four-year-old Molly, and her lover, Leo, the man who makes her feel beautiful -- and sexual -- for the first time. Swept away by happiness and passion, Anna feels she has everything she's ever wanted. Then come the shocking charges that would threaten her new love, her new "family" ... that force her to prove she is a good mother.
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Tikay (USA: CA) (2011/09/21):
This book was well written, with heart. It explores the human moral code a bit, and how some live more *openly* than others and how transparancy can be seen as a negative thing. In the story, the authors main character seeks to understand her family life while growing up, the mores and memes...and she holds the messages from her past, as a part of her knowledge of her own soul.
She examines the effect of having enough (money) and how money seems to reduce and enlarge people...in a sense. At least in their very own minds. I enjoyed it and savored it...it was light and easy reading for me, taking several hours to complete over a few days time.
Artist's (of every stripe) might enjoy the artistic sense caught in the nudity, and sexual play and the fact that artists crave a different sort of freedom from most.
Lastly, it could be pointed out that the book is also about the rule of law and lies we tell (the actor in the lawyer) in daily courtroom (dramatic) situations, and the article of a "genuine nature" or of our actual authenticity, and how that sometimes results in genuine loss.
All in all, this is a really interesting book. I'm keeping it.
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