The Hundred-Year House |
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Author:
| Makkai, Rebecca |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-7461-2 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $30.99 |
Book Description:
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A Midwest Connections SelectionZee Devohr is a Marxist scholar who detests her parents' wealth yet lives in their carriage house. Her mother, Gracie, claims she can tell your lot in life by your teeth. Bruce, her stepfather, stockpiles supplies for Y2K. Zee's husband, Doug, is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, who lived at the house when it was the Laurelfield Arts Colony. But when Doug begins to poke around for colony records, Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity.
A Midwest Connections SelectionZee Devohr is a Marxist scholar who detests her parents' wealth yet lives in their carriage house. Her mother, Gracie, claims she can tell your lot in life by your teeth. Bruce, her stepfather, stockpiles supplies for Y2K. Zee's husband, Doug, is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, who lived at the house when it was the Laurelfield Arts Colony. But when Doug begins to poke around for colony records, Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity.