Durable goods
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Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedurablegoods00berg
- Internet Archivedurablegoodsnove00berg
- ISBN-100380723085
- ISBN-10081296814X
- ISBN-139780380723089
and 6 more
- ISBN-139780812968149
- Goodreads1083224', '909142
- LibraryThing9492803
- OCLC Control Number30633281
- Better World Books9780380723089
- Open LibraryOL22935183M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3552.E6996 D87 1993
Description
"Sometimes life is so hard and then, bingo, it's like happiness is pushing at your back, waiting to come out of your front ..." On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have been struggling to understand their distant, often violent father. Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend. Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend's house - until Katie's admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life. About Durable Goods Christopher Tilghman has said, "Elizabeth Berg's prose and passion come at us with all the deceptive strength of her heroine." Written with an unerring ability to capture the sadness of growth, the pain of change, the nearly visible vibrations that connect people, this beautiful novel reminds us of how wonderful, and wounding, a deeper understanding of life can be.
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