| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
611 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print basic
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| Summary |
Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful daughter, Felice, is missing. A runaway at 13, Felice has spent five years modeling tattoos, skateboarding, clubbing, and sleeping in a squat house or on the beach. She?s about to turn 18. Soon all of the Muirs will be forced to confront their anguish, loss, and sense of betrayal. And Felice must reckon with the guilty secret that drove her away, then face her fear of losing her family and her sense of self forever. Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary Miami, Birds of Paradise is filled with piercing insights into the politics of food and sugar, teen culture, and of the ebb and flow of marriage. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
Runaway teenagers -- Fiction.
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Teenage girls -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Siblings -- Fiction.
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Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Domestic fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781410445070 alkaline paper |
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1410445070 alkaline paper |
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