Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?: 'So marvellous that it often stops one in one's tracks.' OBSERVER - Softcover

Moore, Lorrie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571268552 ISBN 13: 9780571268559

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2010

Synopsis

This novel follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.

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Review:

"Touches and dazzles and entertains.... An enchanting novel." "---"The New York Times "Exquisite . . . exhilarating. . . . Balanced adroitly on the fine line between laughter and tears." --"Chicago Tribune "The extraordinarily talented Lorrie Moore presents the lives of Sils and Berie and the atmosphere of the upstate town they live in with a subtle, moving, and often outright brilliance." "--Los Angeles Times "This novel is like a hand-painted Russian Easter egg, a Chinese sleeve piece done in blind stitch; painstaking, breathtaking beauty in miniature. [Moore] creates a gorgeous, terrifying picture." --"Washington Post Book World "This is more than a girls' coming-of-age story. . . . Ms. Moore was always able to make readers laugh out loud. This is the first of her works that can bring them to tears as well." --"The New York Times Book Review

Book Description:

Lorrie Moore's Who Will Run the Frog Hospital is the brilliantly funny and sharply observant novel from one of the most acclaimed American writers of her generation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0571268552
• ISBN 13: 9780571268559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160