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The condition a novel

Unaware of the long-standing grievances harbored by their divorced parents, three adult siblings embark on a tumultuous summer when the oldest, a successful Manhattan doctor, investigates his sister's chromosomal disorder against his mother's wishes.

Main Author: Haigh, Jennifer, 1968-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Harper, 2008.
Subjects:
Family > New England > Fiction.
Turner's syndrome > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > Massachusetts
Summary: Unaware of the long-standing grievances harbored by their divorced parents, three adult siblings embark on a tumultuous summer when the oldest, a successful Manhattan doctor, investigates his sister's chromosomal disorder against his mother's wishes.
Physical Description: 390 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780060755782
0060755784
Author Notes: Jennifer Haigh was born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. She attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2002. Her novel, Mrs. Kimble, won the PEN/Hemingway Award for outstanding debut fiction in 2003. Her other works include Baker Towers, which won the 2006 PEN/L. L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author, The Condition, and Faith.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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