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The Last Girls

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Revered for her powerful female characters, Lee Smith tells a perceptive story of how college pals who grew up in an era when they were still called "girls" have negotiated life as women. Harriet Holding is a hesitant teacher who has never married . Courtney Gray struggles to escape her Southern Living lifestyle. Catherine Wilson, a sculptor, is suffocating in her happy third marriage. Anna Todd is a world-famous romance novelist escaping her own tragedies through her fiction. And finally there is Baby, the girl they come to bury - along with their memories of her rebellions and betrayals.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: September 30, 2003

ISBN: 0345464958

ISBN 13: 9780345464958

The Last Girls

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Revered for her powerful female characters, Lee Smith tells a perceptive story of how college pals who grew up in an era when they were still called "girls" have negotiated life as women. Harriet Holding is a hesitant teacher who has never married . Courtney Gray struggles to escape her Southern Living lifestyle. Catherine Wilson, a sculptor, is suffocating in her happy third marriage. Anna Todd is a world-famous romance novelist escaping her own tragedies through her fiction. And finally there is Baby, the girl they come to bury - along with their memories of her rebellions and betrayals.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: September 30, 2003

ISBN: 0345464958

ISBN 13: 9780345464958

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