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Monkeys

by Susan Minot · 1986

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The Vincents are a large and awkward New England family. Augustus Paine drinks too much; his wife, Rosie, a high-spirited Catholic, holds the family together, towing her seven monkeys to church, to boat races and picnics in Maine. When she dies in a tragic accident, she leaves them to somehow carry on.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
short · 176 pages
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