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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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Main Author: Eugenides, Jeffrey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Teenagers > Suicidal behavior > Fiction.
Suburban life > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Teenagers > United States > Suicidal behavior > Fiction.
Suburban life > United States > Fiction.
Teenage girls > United States > Fiction.
Sisters > United States > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
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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.
Physical Description:249 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:0374284385
9780374284381
0312428812 (1st Picador ed. ; 2009)
9780312428815 (1st Picador ed. ; 2009)
4152078677
9784152078674