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High-school teacher Ray Sykes's passion for his daughter, Sonia, whom he follows from afar through her childhood, is complicated by her eventual presence in his class, her rebellious beauty, and her involvement in a teenage sex club
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0394569016
- ISBN 13 9780394569017
- BindingHardcover
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