Year of the Gingko
| Year of Publication |
2010
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
232 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Sharon Dilworth |
| Publisher |
Unbound Press
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| City |
Glasgow, Scotland
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| Abstract |
Caroline, a married, maternal, middle-aged woman, loses her job with the City of Pittsburgh and turns her time and attention to her Shadyside neighbors. One is Barbara, childless and single, who tries to adopt of Chinese baby girl, while Maggie is friendly, dynamic, and a scholar of Asian Studies. When Caroline gets a crush on Maggie's husband Allan—a Scotsman—“dark truths simmer away below polite urban surfaces,” warns the cover copy.
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| Author Biography |
Sharon Dilworth (1958— ) was born in Detroit and earned her MFA at the University of Michigan. She is an author and teaches creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University.
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| Time |
2000s
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