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Very cold people a novel

"For Ruthie, the frozen, snow-padded town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. But this is no picturesque New England. Once "home of the bean and the cod, where Lowells speak only to Cabots, and Cabots speak only to God," by the 1980s it is an unforgiving place, aw...

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Main Author: Manguso, Sarah, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Hogarth, [2022]
Edition: First Edition.
Subjects:
Glass, Joan tribute.
Families > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Cities and towns > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Massachusetts > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Summary: "For Ruthie, the frozen, snow-padded town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. But this is no picturesque New England. Once "home of the bean and the cod, where Lowells speak only to Cabots, and Cabots speak only to God," by the 1980s it is an unforgiving place, awash with secrets. Very Cold People tells Ruthie's story, through her eyes: from the shame handed down through her Italian and Jewish immigrant forebears and indomitable mother, to the violences and silences endured by each of her high school friends, each suffering a fate worse than the last. For Ruthie, Waitsfield is a place to get out of--and a girl like her would be lucky to get out alive"--
Physical Description: 191 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780593241226
0593241223
Author Notes: Sarah Manguso is the author of eight books. Her previous book, 300 Arguments , a genre-defying work of aphoristic nonfiction, was named a best book of the year by more than twenty publications. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hodder Fellowship, and the Rome Prize. Her work is regularly featured across The New York Times Magazine , O: The Oprah Magazine , and The New Yorker , among others. She grew up in Massachusetts and now lives in Los Angeles. Very Cold People is her first novel.

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