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Our short history : a novel / Lauren Grodstein.

Grodstein, Lauren, (author.).

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"Karen Neulander has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. When Jacob's father, Dave, found out Karen was pregnant and made it clear that fatherhood wasn't in his plans, Karen walked out of the relationship, never telling Dave her intention was to raise their child alone. But now Jake is asking to meet his dad, and with good reason: Karen is dying. When she finally calls her ex, she's shocked to find Dave ecstatic about the son he never knew he had. As she tries to play out her last days in the "right" way, Karen wrestles with the truth that the only thing she cannot bring herself to do for her son--let his father become a permanent part of his life--is the thing he needs from her the most"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781616206222
  • ISBN: 1616206225
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017.

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"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--title page verso.

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Subject:
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction.
Absentee fathers > Fiction.
Terminally ill parents > Fiction.
Genre:
Novels.

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  • 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library FIC GRODSTEIN (Text) 36015000233797 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC GRODSTEIN (Text) 36015001311428 Adult Fiction Available -

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