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Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Bildungsromans Fiction Historical fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jo Ann Beard |
ISBN: | 9780316084475 0316084476 |
OCLC Number: | 668192477 |
Awards: | Winner of Alex Awards 2012 |
Description: | 289 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | Jo Ann Beard. |
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PRAISE FOR IN ZANESVILLE:"A fierce, funny, brave, and bracingly honest new novel....Every bit as poignant and powerful as The Catcher in the Rye." - Julia Keller - Chicago TribuneAn exuberant first novel....Beard has a knack for melding the funny and the sad, amplifying small moments into something big. - Sussannah Meadows - New York TimesMasterfully wrought...this novel is at times downright hilarious and often hold-your-breath-and-hope-for-the-best suspenseful. The restraint with which Beard deploys moments of tension and humor makes each page glimmer. - Samuel Reaves Slaton - O MagazineEpic and profound. These thoughtful, funny, awestruck, slightly peculiar girls are so endearing, so painfully true. - Karen Valby - Entertainment WeeklyA sure-handed first novel ....It's impossible not to be charmed. - Yvonne Zipp - Washington PostA smashing coming-of-age story.... Beard is a faultless chronicler of the young and hopeful; readers couldn't ask for a better guide for a trip through the wilds of adolescence. - Publishers WeeklyMoving.... Beard travels the well-worn road of budding young womanhood with surprising freshness. - Courtney Jones - BooklistBeard has beautifully captured how a s Read more...

