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Author Darnton, Nina.

Title The perfect mother : a novel / Nina Darnton.

Publication Info. New York : Plume, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  DARNTON, NINA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  M-DARNTON    Check Shelf
Description 242 pages ; 21 cm
Issued By "A Plume book."
Summary "When an American exchange student is accused of murder, her mother will stop at nothing to save her. A midnight phone call shatters Jennifer Lewis's carefully orchestrated life. Her daughter, Emma, who's studying abroad in Spain, has been arrested after the brutal murder of another student. Jennifer rushes to her side, certain the arrest is a terrible mistake and determined to do whatever is necessary to bring Emma home. But as she begins to investigate the crime, she starts to wonder whether she ever really knew her daughter. The police charge Emma, and the press leaps on the story, exaggerating every sordid detail. One by one, Emma's defense team, her father, and finally even Jennifer begin to have doubts. A novel of harrowing emotional suspense, The Perfect Mother probes the dark side of parenthood and the complicated bond between mothers and daughters. "-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Students -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Spain -- Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Contemporary Women.
FICTION / General.
Genre/Form Suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 9780142196731 (paperback)
0142196738 (paperback)
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