An Actual Life
β Scribed by Abigail Thomas
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Year
- 2013;1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
An "entirely wonderful" novel about an unplanned pregnancy, and an unwanted marriage, in early-1960s New Jersey"hilarious and deeply touching" (Anne Lamott).
Virginia and Buddy "had to get married." Their daughter, Madeline, was conceived the first time they "did it" in Buddy's room at college. Virginia's school asked her to leave, and her parents put on a wedding.
And now? Well, as Virginia puts it, "now that we know each other a little better it turns out we are actually strangers." In this second summer of Virginia and Buddy's marriage, there is no money, no love, and no foreseeable future. Virginia, all of nineteen, is determined to either make it work or find a way out, especially after Buddy starts hanging around with an old girlfriend.
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