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Hieroglyphics : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Hieroglyphics : a novel

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  • ISBN: 1616209720 :
  • ISBN: 9781616209728 :
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Subject: North Carolina Fiction
Recollection (Psychological aspects) Fiction
Parent and child Psychological aspects Fiction
Single mothers Fiction
Family secrets Fiction
Retirees Conduct of life Fiction
Parents Fiction
Genre: Psychological fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Etna Library FIC MCC 31257000284470 Adult collection Available -
Howe Library FIC MCC 31254003677305 Main floor Available -

Summary: "Lil and Frank married young, having bonded over how they both lost a parent when they were children. Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they'd lost prematurely. Now, after many years in Boston, they have retired in North Carolina. There, Lil, determined to leave a history for their children, sifts through letters and notes and diary entries-perhaps revealing more secrets than Frank wants their children to know. Meanwhile, Frank has become obsessed with what might have been left behind at the house he lived in as a boy on the outskirts of town, where a young single mother, Shelley, is just trying to raise her son with some sense of normalcy. Frank's repeated visits to Shelley's house begin to trigger memories of her own family, memories that she'd rather forget. Because, after all, not all parents are ones you wish to remember"--

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