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A Bigamist's Daughter

by Alice McDermott · 1982

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ELizabeth Connelly sits in her office at a New York vanity press watching the world - of struggles, passion, pain and love - spin around her. Then a young writer comes to her with a novel about a man who loves more than one woman. And suddenly she is awakened from her urban professional slumber.

Themes
womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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