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" Missing mom : "
Joyce Carol Oates
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BL
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| Record Number
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713683
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| Doc. No
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b535872
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| Main Entry
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Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-
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| Title & Author
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Missing mom : : a novel /\ Joyce Carol Oates
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Ecco,, c2005
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434 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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006081621X (alk. paper)
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| Contents
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"Nikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her mother, she undergoes a remarkable transformation during a tumultuous year that brings stunning horror, sorrow, illumination, wisdom, and even--from an unexpected source--a nurturing love." --Dust Cover
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In the aftermath of her mother's death, thirty-one-year-old, sexually liberated and economically independent Nikki Eaton comes into a startling realization of her identity as a daughter and experiences a tumultuous year of mourning that gives way to greater wisdom and love
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3565.A8M54 2005
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