Florida
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Alamosa Public Library - FICTION | FICTION GRO | On Shelf | |
Berthoud Community Library District - FICTION | FICTION GROFF | Checked Out | May 29, 2024 |
Canon City Public Library - FICTION | F GROFF | On Shelf | |
John C. Fremont Library District - FICTION | F GRO | On Shelf | |
Lyons Library - FICTION | FIC GRO | On Shelf |
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Book
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275 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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In her thrilling new book, Lauren Groff brings the reader into a physical world that is at once domestic and wild-a place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther, or by a sexual secret. Among those navigating this place are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character-a steely and conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida-its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind-becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury-the moments that make us alive.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Groff, L. (2018). Florida . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Groff, Lauren. 2018. Florida. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Groff, Lauren. Florida Riverhead Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Groff, Lauren. Florida Riverhead Books, 2018.
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