Mislaid : a novel
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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015].
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First edition.
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242 pages ; 24 cm
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Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
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Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015].
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Book
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First edition.
Language
English

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Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ingénue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. The two are mismatched from the start — she’s a lesbian, he’s gay—but it takes a decade of emotional erosion before Peggy runs off with their three-year-old daughter, leaving their nine-year-old son behind. Worried that Lee will have her committed for her erratic behavior, Peggy goes underground, adopting an African American persona for her and her daughter. They squat in a house in an African-American settlement, eventually moving to a housing project where no one questions their true racial identities. As Peggy and Lee’s children grow up, they must contend with diverse emotional issues: Byrdie deals with his father’s compulsive honesty; while Karen struggles with her mother’s lies — she knows neither her real age, nor that she is “white,” nor that she has any other family. Years later, a minority scholarship lands Karen at the University of Virginia, where Byrdie is in his senior year. Eventually the long lost siblings will meet, setting off a series of misunderstandings and culminating in a comedic finale worthy of Shakespeare.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Zink, N. (2015). Mislaid: a novel (First edition.). Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Zink, Nell. 2015. Mislaid: A Novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Zink, Nell. Mislaid: A Novel Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

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Zink, Nell. Mislaid: A Novel First edition., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

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