Dolce Agonia: A NovelA group of cosmopolitan friends in midlife gather in New England for a Thanksgiving dinner. When it begins to snow they become trapped. With the exception of an enigmatic outsider, a young trophy wife, they all know too much about each other, their weak points and failures. |
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... Hammondsville , Alabama ( a medical doctor ) ; Hal's new wife Chloe , b . 1977 in Vancouver ( whose profession I'll reveal in all good time ) , and their son aged eleven months , Hal Junior . So here they are , brought together in a ...
... Hammondsville , Alabama ( a medical doctor ) ; Hal's new wife Chloe , b . 1977 in Vancouver ( whose profession I'll reveal in all good time ) , and their son aged eleven months , Hal Junior . So here they are , brought together in a ...
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... Hammondsville and the dirty - haired , all - but - illiterate girl of seventeen , had conceived her . Beth . A fluke . A shameful mistake . But it was 1957 , Roe v . Wade was years in the future and unwed mothers were a scandal , so ...
... Hammondsville and the dirty - haired , all - but - illiterate girl of seventeen , had conceived her . Beth . A fluke . A shameful mistake . But it was 1957 , Roe v . Wade was years in the future and unwed mothers were a scandal , so ...
Contents
Prologue in Heaven | 1 |
Dinner Preparations | 5 |
Patrizia | 28 |
Copyright | |
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