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The Life Before Her Eyes
The Life Before Her Eyes
Author: Laura Kasischke
This profound and daring novel explores all that is lost and gained between teenage girlhood and middle-aged motherhood. — Diana stands before the mirror with her best friend, Maureen. She is imagining her future life as a forty-year-old wife and mother-a future that will be paid for by a horrific decision she has just been forced to make. In pro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780151008889
ISBN-10: 0151008884
Publication Date: 2/4/2002
Pages: 288
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This novel is the story of Diana, a woman who experiences a horrific event in her senior year of high school that effects her for the rest of her life. It goes back and forth in time between past and present; reality blurs with madness. The tone is both intense and hypnotic--and beautiful.
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This richly symbolic book is beautiful and haunting at the same time.


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