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When She Was Good

Paperback • 2007 • English

When She Was Good

By Philip Roth

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About the book

When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her irresponsible, alcoholic father thrown in jail. Since then, Lucy has become a furious adolescent - raging against middle-class life and provincial American piety - intent on reforming the men around her: especially her incompetent mama's boy of a husband, Roy. As time rolls on, Lucy struggles to free herself of the terrible disappointment engendered by her father, and is forever yearning for the man he could never be. It is with scalpel-like precis...Show more

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ISBN

9780099484998

Publisher

Vintage

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

When She Was Good

Format

Paperback

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