Mislaid a novel
"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 lesb...
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| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
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2015.
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| 001 | ocn892700779 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20150520101400.0 | ||
| 008 | 141009s2015 xx 000 f eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780062364777 | ||
| 020 | |a 0062364774 | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Zink, Nell, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Mislaid : |b a novel / |c Nell Zink. |
| 260 | |a [Place of publication not identified] : |b Ecco, |c 2015. | ||
| 300 | |a 242 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
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| 520 | |a "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" -- provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Runaway wives |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mothers and daughters |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Passing (Identity) |v Fiction. | |
| 938 | |a Brodart |b BROD |n 111102340 | ||
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0015795755 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 12108147 | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a schlow |b SAFIC |c Zink |d i |e 39635103402387 |f 570687 |g loc |j 04/10/2015 | ||
| 999 | |a 373297 | ||
