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In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child. This book, which the author has called "an attempt at autobiography," is that woman's journal -- a glimpse of a future only slightly more horrendous than our present, and of ... more

     

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      In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child. This book, which the author has called "an attempt at autobiography," is that woman's journal -- a glimpse of a future only slightly more horrendous than our present, and of the forces that alone can save us from total destruction.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 213 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Vintage Books USA (Apr. 30th, 1988)
      • ISBN-10: 0394757599
      • ISBN-13: 9780394757599
      • Dimensions: 5.40 x 7.86 x 0.60 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.52 lbs
      • Categories: Literary Fiction and Literature

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