This strange eventful history : a novel / Claire Messud.
Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393635041
- ISBN: 039363504X
- Physical Description: 428 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC MES (Text) | 37810435817712 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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