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Two teenage sisters, Tilden, bookish and wise beyond her years, and Elizabeth, popular and an emotional chameleon, both long to know more about their flighty mother. Her complex relationships with men have always remained a mystery - until now.
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WHAT GIRLS LEARN is by turns wry, heartbreaking and wise. This is a novel mothers and daughters should read together ...I loved it (KAYE GIBBONS)
A bold account of the effect of arbitrary theft of life from those we love, and how we can never be ready for it (MARY LOUDON, THE TIMES)
She combines lingering childish emotions with mature perceptions in this piquant tale that refuses to wallow in sentimentality (SOPHIE GORMAN, IRISH INDEPENDENT)
'She writes with an easy and original grace (FAY WELDON)
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An astonishingly talented young writer who has been praised by writers as diverse as Naomi Wolf, Kaye Gibbons, Mary Loudon and Fay Weldon
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Condition: Muy bueno. : En esta conmovedora novela, Karin Cook nos presenta una historia sobre chicas y sus madres, sobre la rivalidad entre hermanas y el parentesco, sobre la misteriosa atracción entre el amor y el antagonismo que reside en el corazón de cada familia. El año en que Tilden cumple doce años, su madre, Frances, se enamora y traslada a la familia al norte. Pronto, la observadora y sabia Tilden y su hermana menor rebelde, Elizabeth, se encuentran navegando por un nuevo hogar en medio del terreno incómodo y seductor de la adolescencia. Pero cuando Frances descubre repentinamente un bulto en su seno, sus hijas deben enfrentar la imprevisibilidad de su enfermedad. Con angustia y humor, estos personajes exponen un mundo de secretos y aprenden a sobrevivir frente a las contradicciones de la vida. Divertida, inquietante e implacablemente veraz en cada página, 'Lo que aprenden las chicas' es un libro que se leerá y apreciará en los años venideros. EAN: 9781860492495 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: What Girls Learn Autor: Karin Cook Editorial: Virago Idioma: en Páginas: 340 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-12-07-5356fffb
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Karin Cook gives us a novel about girls and their mothers, about sibling rivalry and kinship, about the mysterious tug between love and antagonism that lies at the heart of every family. The year Tilden turns twelve, her mother, Frances, falls in love and moves the family north. Soon the watchful, wise Tilden and her rebellious younger sister, Elizabeth, are navigating a new household amidst the awkward and alluring terrain of adolescence. But when Frances suddenly discovers a lump in her breast, her daughters must confront the unpredictablility of her illness. With heartbreak and humor, these characters exposes a world of secrets and learn to survive in the face of life's contradictions. Funny, haunting, and unflinchingly truthful on every page, What Girls Learn is a book that will be read--and cherished-- for years to come. Boko has what appears to be stab wound in margin, goes through first 30 pages but doesn't affect text. 340 pages. Seller Inventory # 1439568
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Vintage Contemporaries, 1997
ISBN 10: 1860492495
ISBN 13: 9781860492495
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