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Sleep before evening

Author: Magdalena Ball
Publisher: Wigan, Lancs., England : BeWrite Books, ©2007
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English
Summary:

In 1982 New York, seventeen-year-old Marianne is teetering at the edge of reason. A death in the family sends her brilliant academic career and promising future spiraling out of control until past resentments leads her on a wild and desperate search for the truth about herself. In her new life, she finds anarchic squalor, home grown music and poetry, booze, drugs, sex, violence, love, loss and, above all, exhilaratin Read more...

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Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Magdalena Ball
ISBN: 1904492967 9781904492962
OCLC Number: 170955249
Description: 286 p. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility: Magdalena Ball.

Abstract:

In 1982 New York, seventeen-year-old Marianne is teetering at the edge of reason. A death in the family sends her brilliant academic career and promising future spiraling out of control until past resentments leads her on a wild and desperate search for the truth about herself. In her new life, she finds anarchic squalor, home grown music and poetry, booze, drugs, sex, violence, love, loss and, above all, exhilarating freedom on her troubled journey from sleep to awakening.

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