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Praise for At Risk "Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way."--Glamour "Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human."--Miami Herald "I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary."--Mademoiselle "Deeply impressive...powerful."--Newsweek "Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel."--Chicago Sun-Times "Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel."--Village Voice "Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable."--Kirkus Reviews "An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel."--Joseph Heller
About the Author:
Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah's Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.
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- ISBN 10 5552268342
- ISBN 13 9785552268344
- BindingHardcover
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