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Goldengrove : a novel

Thirteen-year-old Nico deals with her sister's death and a dangerous relationship with her sister's boyfriend.

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  • "Golden grove"@en
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  • "Thirteen-year-old Nico deals with her sister's death and a dangerous relationship with her sister's boyfriend."@en
  • "A young girl faces the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend. Over one haunted summer, Nico must face that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them. She learns about the power of art, of time and place, the mystery of loss and recovery. But for all the darkness at the novel's heart, the narrative itself is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life."@en
  • "A teenager is suddenly consumed with adult grief and obsession after experiencing the loss of her older sister from a drowning accident. Prose explores the characteristics of a teenager's life as she is consumed by an irresistible first love."
  • "Thirteen-year-old Nico recounts her role as both confidant and decoy in older sister Margaret's clandestine romance with her high school classmate Aaron. After Margaret's watery death leaves her parents distracted by grief, Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding--and to fall under the seductive spell of the enigmatic Aaron. But by the time Nico realizes she's in way over her head, she's already adrift in dangerous waters.--Container."@en
  • "A young girl faces the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend. Over one haunted summer, Nico must face that life-changing moment when children realize their parent can no longer help them. She learns about the power of art, of time and place, the mystery of loss and recovery. But for all the darkness at the novel's heart, the narrative itself is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life.--"
  • "While her parent's handle matters in their own way, a young teen copes with grief over the death of her sister with the dangerous help of the dead girl's boyfriend."
  • "Set in a rustic New York village, Goldengrove revolves around the tragic drowning of Nico's older sister Margaret. With her parents distracted by grief, 13-yearold Nico--confidant and decoy in Margaret's clandestine romance--is left alone to fall under the seductive spell of Margaret's beau."
  • "Set in a rustic New York village, Goldengrove revolves around the tragic drowning of Nico's older sister Margaret. With her parents distracted by grief, 13-yearold Nico--confidant and decoy in Margaret's clandestine romance--is left alone to fall under the seductive spell of Margaret's beau."@en
  • "Grieving after the drowning death of her sister, thirteen-year-old Nico falls into a seductive and dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend during a summer when she realizes that she has moved beyond the help of her parents."

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  • "Audiobooks"
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  • "Psychological fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Playaways"@en
  • "Playaway"@en
  • "Audiobooks (Playaway)"@en
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