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Inventing The Abbotts And Other Stories
Inventing The Abbotts And Other Stories
Author: Sue Miller
In the small town of Haley, Illinois, the wealthy Abbott family, with its three pretty daughters and endless society parties, seems a world away from the hand-to-mouth existence of Doug and his older brother, John. Embittered by his mother's imperceptible neglect, itself the result of young widowhood, John's obsession with the daughters of the A...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780753814062
ISBN-10: 0753814064
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Phoenix/Orion
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Like Sue Miller's bestselling novels, this collection of short stories explores the treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships with deftness and depth. The title story is about a young man who takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. In other stories, whose characters range from a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity to a stricken dowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor, Sue Miller presents a compelling gallery of contemporary men and women with hungry hearts and dismayed consciences.

Author Biography: Sue Miller is the acclaimed author of Inventing the Abbotts, The Good Mother, Family Pictures, and For Love.


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