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Strange fits of passion

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Main Author: Shreve, Anita
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1991.
Edition:1st ed.
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Physical Description:336 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0151857601 :
Author Notes:Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71.

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