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A partial history of lost causes: a novel
β Scribed by Jennifer DuBois
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Dial Press
- Year
- 2012;2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 067960474X
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β¦ Synopsis
**"[An] astonishingly beautiful and brainy debut . . . [a] stunning novel."--O: The Oprah Magazine
"In Jennifer duBois' gorgeous novel,** A Partial History of Lost Causes, the personal, theoretical, and political are braided together into a seamless whole. . . . Moving yet startlingly funny--full of bravado, insight, and clarity. A Partial History of Lost Causes **is a thrilling debut by a young writer who evidently shares the uncanny brilliance of her protagonists."--**Elle
In Jennifer duBois's mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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