**For fans of Kate Atkinson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Edwidge Danticat, Tana French, Mohsin Hamid, Hari Kunzru, Imbolo Mbue, Alex Michaelides, and Jesmyn Ward A literary thriller about the complex underbelly of the immigrant American dream and the dangerous ripple effect one personβs damages can ha
In My Mother's House
β Scribed by Kim Chernin
- Book ID
- 110819775
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781596928565
- ASIN
- B0022NHNYY
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In this twentieth anniversary edition of the feminist classic In My Mother's House, Kim Chernin tells the brave and ultimately triumphant story of Rose Chernin, Russian immigrant and passionate Old Left activist, and her daughter Kim, the narrator of this riveting memoir of conflict, confrontation, and reconciliation among four generations of Chernin women.
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