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The Disappearance

by Genevieve Jurgensen · 1994

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A book of letters to a friend, in which Jurgenson discusses different aspects of her bereavement after her two young daughters are killed in a car accident, The Disappearance combines raw honesty with the solidly balanced craft of the French epistolary novel.

Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of this
Setting
FranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 168 pages

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