| A Secret Word Contributor(s): Paddock, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743247078 ISBN-13: 9780743247078 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Capturing "the dreamy rhythms of adolescence between staccato moments of crisis," "A Secret Word" is about three young women "who find themselves transported into the cosmopolitan landscape of womanhood" (Jan McInerney, author of "Bright Lights, Big City"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003057343 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.9" W x 5" (0.55 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jennifer Paddock's incandescent debut novel spans fifteen years in the lives of friends Leigh, Sarah, and Chandler, beginning one fateful day in high school that forever connects them. While Leigh remains stuck in dead-end jobs in their Arkansas hometown, the more privileged Sarah and Chandler move to Manhattan, where Sarah seeks acting fame and Chandler struggles to make sense of her failed relationships, only to be sent reeling by an unexpected tragedy. Sweeping from the Deep South to New York and interweaving each girl's distinctive voice into a seamless narrative, A Secret Word is a luminous story of friendship and family, sex and secrets, growing up and growing apart. It is about how well you can ever really know another person and the secrets we keep from our friends, our families, and, most important, ourselves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Paddock, Jennifer: - Jennifer Paddock is the author of A Secret Word. She lives in Point Clear, Alabama. |