A Ship Made of Paper Contributor(s): Spencer, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061367443 ISBN-13: 9780061367441 Publisher: Ecco Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2009 Annotation: Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis, and he is like a father to her daughter, Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport, the African-American woman whose son is Ruby's best friend. During a freak October blizzard, Daniel is stranded at Iris's house, and they begin a sexual liaison that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel's profession, their children's well-being, their own race-blindness, and their view of themselves as essentially good people. |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Multicultural & Interracial - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.3" W x 7.98" L (0.64 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
Features: Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis, and he is like a father to her daughter, Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport, the African-American woman whose son is Ruby's best friend. During a freak October blizzard, Daniel is stranded at Iris's house, and they begin a sexual liaison that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel's profession, their children's well-being, their own race-blindness, and their view of themselves as essentially good people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spencer, Scott: - Scott Spencer is the author of twelve novels, including Endless Love, Waking the Dead, A Ship Made of Paper, and Willing. He has taught at Columbia University, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Williams College, the University of Virginia, and at Eastern Correctional Facility as part of the Bard Prison Initiative. He lives in upstate New York. |
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