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Lies

by William Hoffman · 2005

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"Wayland Garland, a successful businessman, wants to come to terms with the past he has hidden from his wife and daughter. He attempts to shake off the chains of his poverty-stricken upbringing by revisiting the Virginia countryside of his youth for the first time in forty years"—Provided by publisher.

Themes
father daughterfather daughterMore like thisLess of this
Setting
VirginiaVirginiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 254 pages

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