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The Sweet Relief of Missing Children A Novel

Braunstein, Sarah more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 8/06/2012
Place of Publication: United States

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In New York City, a girl called Lenora vanishes without a trace. Years earlier and miles upstate, Goldie, a wild, negligent mother, searches for a man to help raise her precocious son, Paul, who later discovers that the only way to save his soul is to run away. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children is a suspenseful novel about the power of running and the desire for reinvention. It explores the terror and transcendence of our most central experiences: childhood, parenthood, sex, love.

[Braunstein's] debut novel in an unsettling read that is also strangely compelling . . . . Through random encounters and elliptical dialogue, Braunstein locates the pain in these people's lives and makes it shimmer.

Title: The Sweet Relief of Missing Children
Subtitle: A Novel
Contributors: By (author) Sarah Braunstein

ISBN 13: 9780393340754
ISBN 10: 0393340759

Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 8/06/2012
Place of Publication: New York, United States
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BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification: 813.6 (DC21)

Format: Paperback
Pages: 363
Height: 250mm
Width: 150mm
Thickness: 15mm
Weight: 666g