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Lark and Termite / a novel by Jayne Anne Phillips.

Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952- (Author).

Summary:

At its center, two children: Lark, on the verge of adulthood, and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but filled with radiance. Around them, their mother, Lola, a haunting but absent presence; their aunt Nonie, a matronly, vibrant woman in her fifties, who raises them; and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who finds himself caught up in the chaotic early months of the Korean War.

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  • ISBN: 9780375401954
  • ISBN: 0375401954
  • Physical Description: x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

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Subject: Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Fiction.
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Genre: Domestic fiction.

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