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The Life Before Her Eyes
The Life Before Her Eyes
Author: Laura Kasischke
Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatical...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780156027120
ISBN-10: 0156027127
Publication Date: 11/11/2002
Pages: 288
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3 stars, based on 27 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, 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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