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ISBN: 9780099582519 - Mother of Pearl
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Mother of Pearl

Mary Morrissey

ISBN: 9780099582519
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
Edition: Reissue


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Explores the territory of the divided self. Through the story of the kidnapping of a baby, the notion of personal history as received fiction is examined. Using the device of a split narrative, the novel asks such questions as: what makes a family?; what keeps it together?; and what tears it apart?

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Explores the territory of the divided self. Through the story of the kidnapping of a baby, the notion of personal history as received fiction is examined. Using the device of a split narrative, the novel asks such questions as: what makes a family?; what keeps it together?; and what tears it apart?
 
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