| The Whiteness of Bones Contributor(s): Moore, Susanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400075041 ISBN-13: 9781400075041 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: In her ravishing and moving second novel, the bestselling author of In the Cut tells the story of Mamie Clarke, who sets out to lose herself in New York City. Having only previously known the fragile, magical world of her childhood on the lush Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, Mamie leaves college to visit her sophisticated aunt in New York. With her beautiful and self-destructive younger sister Claire in tow, Mamie must learn to make her way in a world of money, power, sex, and drugs. Moore's sharp and witty book captures an unforgettable time and place--the Manhattan of the early 80s-- and the powerful feelings engendered there. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003279059 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.28" W x 7.96" (0.47 lbs) 277 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In her ravishing and moving second novel, the bestselling author of In the Cut tells the story of Mamie Clarke, who sets out to lose herself in New York City. Having only previously known the fragile, magical world of her childhood on the lush Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, Mamie leaves college to visit her sophisticated aunt in New York. With her beautiful and self-destructive younger sister Claire in tow, Mamie must learn to make her way in a world of money, power, sex, and drugs. Moore's sharp and witty book captures an unforgettable time and place--the Manhattan of the early 80s-- and the powerful feelings engendered there. |