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Nathan Staples is a man in pain: consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measure. He is sustained only by his devotion to his estranged wife and their teenage daughter, who thinks he's dead having not seen him for 15 years. His path to grace is strewn with obstacles and challenges.
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9 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2000VINTAGE BOOKS @ · 566 pages · 9780099730613
- Other · English · 2010Penguin Random House · 9781446401972
- Other · English · 2010Penguin Random House · 576 pages · 9781446401965
- Other · English · 2002Vintage · 560 pages · 9780375707476
- Other · English · 2001A.A. Knopf · 543 pages · 9780375407918
- Other · English · 1999Jonathan Cape · 566 pages · 9780224044332
Teenage girlsLonelinessFictionFathers and daughtersAuthorsIslandsNew York Times reviewedFiction, psychological













