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A woman looks back on her unusual childhood and a family secret
2013Steady paceThoughtful
What it is about
Rosemary Cooke tells the story of her family and of the sister who disappeared when she was a child. The book hides a major twist in its early pages, and it is best read without spoilers.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like family novels with a twist.
What you will get
It won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Family · Memory · Twist
Length
320 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Rosemary Cooke and her family.
Setting
Indiana and California.
What makes it different
A novel that turns on a reveal early in the book.
Feel
Funny, sad and surprising.
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