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The RomanticBarbara Gowdy

The Romantic

Barbara Gowdy
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10 editions · 2 languages
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Lacking maternal love since the age of nine, when her mother abandoned the family, Louise Kirk develops a near-lifelong obsession with the boy from across the street--now a man who is incapable of loving her as much as she loves him.

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10 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    HarperPerennial · 400 pages · 9780007156283
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Picador · 320 pages · 9780312423247
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited · 9780006392262
  • Hardcover · English · 2003
    Flamingo · 384 pages · 9780007156276
  • Other · English · 2007
    HarperPerennial Canada · 371 pages · 9780006474999
  • Other · English · 2004
    Romantic
    Holt & Company, Henry · 9781466829602
NeighborhoodNeighborhoodsMotherless familiesFictionLoss (Psychology)Maternal deprivationYoung womenRunaway wives