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Gibbon's Decline and Fall

A Novel

Gibbon's Decline and Fall( )
Author: Tepper, Sheri S.
ISBN:978-0-553-57398-5
Publication Date:Jun 1997
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Spectra
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $8.99
Book Description:

A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungrynbsp;nbsp;presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making an example out of a teenage girl who abandoned her infant in a Dumpster. Taking the girl's case is Carolyn Crespin, a former attorney, who left her job for a quiet family life. Now she must call upon five friends from college, who took a vow to always stand together. But their success might depend on the assistance...
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Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / Ancient
Fiction / Fantasy / Historical
Fiction / Legal
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.18 x 6.87 x 1.02 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds
Author Biography
Tepper, Sheri S. (Author)
Sheri S. Tepper was born Shirley Stewart Douglas on July 16, 1929 near Littleton, Colorado. She held numerous jobs before becoming a full-time author including working at Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood from 1962 to 1986, eventually becoming the executive director.

In the early 1960s, she wrote poems and children's stories under the name Sheri S. Eberhart. In the 1980s, she became a feminist and science fiction/fantasy writer. Her books include The Revenants, After Long Silence, The Gate to Women's Country, Grass, Shadow's End, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, The Family Tree, Six Moon Dance, Singer from the Sea, The Fresco, The Visitor, The Companions, and The Margarets. She received the Locus Award for Beauty and a World Fantasy life achievement award in 2015. She also wrote horror under the name E. E. Horlak and mysteries under the names A. J. Orde and B. J. Oliphant. She died on October 22, 2016 at the age of 87.

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