Girls
a novel
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1997 - Harmony Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL763846M
- ISBN-100517704552
- OCLC Control Number36465893
- OCLC Control Numbergirlsnovel00busc
- Library of Congress Control Number97161350
and 2 more
- LibraryThing3095158
- Goodreads987642
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3552.U814 G57 1997
Description
Frederick Busch has built a reputation as a master storyteller, a magician with words, and a writer who deserves to be a household name. In his new novel, Girls, he once again treats readers to the "ice-clear, dagger-sharp" (Seattle Times) writing he's become known for and a story that's deeply affecting, terrifying, and tragic. Jack is a security officer at an upstate New York college. When 14-year-old Janice Tanner vanishes from a neighboring town, he reluctantly becomes involved in the search as a favor to a friend of the girl's parents. A suicidal young woman, a teenage runaway, and two more missing girls make it impossible for Jack to drive resurfacing memories of his own daughter's death from his mind. In the course of the investigation, as he comes to confront Janice's murderer, Jack comes to realize just how dangerous it is to be a girl: "I wondered if girls had been kidnapped, murdered, preyed upon for years. Maybe it was the times, and therefore everything human and otherwise from when we began might not be at fault." Girls is a novel that is both a thriller and a stylistic wonder, and, like its protagonist, is tender and tough at the same time.
Description
In the unrelenting cold and bitter winter of Upstate New York, Jack and his wife, Fanny, are trying to come to terms with the desperate sorrow they feel over the death of their young daughter. A chasm has formed in their relationship and Jack is looking for a way to heal them both. Meanwhile, near the town where they live, a fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing between her parents' home and her father's church. She has become one of the hundreds of children who seemingly disappear into thin air every year in this country. Finding what has become of this child could be Jack's salvation, if he can just get to her in time.
Subjects
Other Editions
- Girls: a novel
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