The virgin suicides /
The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Lux are pulled deeper into isolation by their domineering mother, a group of neighborhood boys become obsessed with lib...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux,
1993.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Lux are pulled deeper into isolation by their domineering mother, a group of neighborhood boys become obsessed with liberating the sisters. But what the boys don't know is, the Lisbon girls are beyond saving. |
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| Physical Description: | 249 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0374284385 9780374284381 0312428812 (1st Picador ed. ; 2009) 9780312428815 (1st Picador ed. ; 2009) 4152078677 9784152078674 |