The doctor's daughter : a novel
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 25 cm.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
UPC
9780345485847
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Description
Alice Brill, a 51-year-old wife, mother, frustrated writer and "book doctor" wakes one morning with a disturbing pressure behind her sternum. The daughter of a once renowned but now senile surgeon, Alice initially thinks her symptom might be a sign of breast cancer, which took her mother's life 30 years before. Or could it be psychological: a reaction to being downsized as senior editor at a book publisher? or a premonition that the recent squabbling with her husband, Everett, signals a point of no return in an often competitive marriage? Is it unfulfilled creative impulse? In her attempt to diagnose her symptom, Alice scours her childhood relationship with her then imperious father, her mother's poetry, Everett's motivations for harshly disciplining their youngest son, and her own unexpectedly erotic response to a talented new writer who comes to her for advice on his first novel.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wolitzer, H. (2006). The doctor's daughter: a novel . Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolitzer, Hilma. 2006. The Doctor's Daughter: A Novel. Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolitzer, Hilma. The Doctor's Daughter: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wolitzer, Hilma. The Doctor's Daughter: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2006.
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