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In a Perfect World

by Laura Kasischke · 2009

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In a Perfect Worldis critically acclaimed writer Laura Kasischke's new novel of marriage, motherhood, and the choices we make when we have no choices left. Kasischke, the author of The Life Before Her Eyes, tells the story of Jiselle, a young flight attendant who's just settled into a fairy tale life with her new husband and stepchildren. But as a mysterious new illness spreads rapidly throughout the country, she begins to realize that her marriage, her stepchildren, and their perfect world are all in terrible danger . . .

Genre
dystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
relationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 326 pages

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