Family ResemblancesSent to spend the summer in a small Illinois town with her Aunt Augusta--a beautiful 35-year-old insomniac who keeps the windows of her Buick closed so that people will think it's air-conditioned--Karen Moss, 15, begins to grasp the cost of growing up as she learns not only how to drive and drink wine but also the many forms love can take. |
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Reading Asian American Literature: From Necessity to Extravagance Sau-ling Cynthia Wong Limited preview - 1993 |