The Lauras
Sara Taylor
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Roman
| Utgitt | 2016
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| Omfang | 292 s.
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| Utgave | First American Edition
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| Opplysninger | After a fight with Alex`s father , Ma pulls Alex out of bed and onto a pilgrimage of self-discovery through her own enthralling past. Guided by a memory map of places og places and people from Ma`s life befor motherhood, the pair travels from Virginia to California, each new destination and character revealing secrets, stories, and unfinished business. As Alex`s coming of age narrative unfolds across the country, we meet a cast of riveting and heartwarming characters, including brilliant Annie, who seeks the help of Ma and Alex to escape the patriarchal cult in which she was raised, and the tragic young Marisol whose dreams of becoming a mother end in heartbreak. Slowly Alex begins to realize that the road trip is not a string of arbitrary stops but a journey whose destination is perhaps Ma`s biggesr secret of all. Told from the perspective of Alex, a teenager who equates gender identification with unwillingly choosing a side in a war, and written with a stunningly assured lyricism, The Lauras is a fearless study in identity set against the gorgeously rendered landscape og North America.
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| ISBN | 9780451496850
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