| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen; Fourteen; Fifteen. |
| Summary |
The Illustrated Version of Things is the tale of a young woman, raised in foster homes, juvenile halls, and a mental hospital, on a quest to reunite her disparate family and track down her missing mother. There are her grandparents, Holocaust survivors who reckon with history by staying in bed with their cowboy boots on; her father, a nurse who makes vitamins as a hobby; and her half-brother, an overachiever who doesn & rsquo;t know whether his name is Moses or Miguel, but is certain that his sister isn & rsquo;t capable of leading a steady life. More than these, she longs for her mother, and sh. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Young women -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Mental illness -- Fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Mental illness.
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Orphans.
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Young women.
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Literature.
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Fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
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Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
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Young women. (OCoLC)fst01183301
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Konar, Affinity. Illustrated Version of Things. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011 9781573661478 |
| ISBN |
9781573668033 (electronic bk.) |
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1573668036 (electronic bk.) |
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