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First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 274 pages ; 22 cm |
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| Summary |
"A poignant and powerful new memoir-in-essays that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Shadows -- Hello from upside down -- Hurry, hurry -- Firestarter -- Pinwheel -- Turtles, turtles, turtles -- One might wonder -- Everybody has something -- Do you hear the people sing? -- Calm yourself -- Seriously -- To the woman screaming on the quad -- The six stages of finding out you have high cholesterol -- The swing -- Fragments -- Bomb shelter -- Tough girl -- Worst-case scenario -- Rescue practice -- Homesick and spinning -- The great fortune of ordinary sadness -- Close calls -- The opposite of a daydream -- Home again, home again -- Spatchcock this -- Investment pieces -- Face hunger -- In memory of turtles lost -- I would like to report an attack upon my soul -- Another box, another Christmas -- Stay. |
| Subject |
Philpott, Mary Laura.
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Middle-aged women -- United States -- Biography.
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Women authors, American -- Biography.
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Conduct of life.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Shadows.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Hello from upside down.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Hurry, hurry.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Firestarter.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Pinwheel.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Turtles, turtles, turtles.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
One might wonder.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Everybody has something.
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Do you hear the people sing?
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Philpott, Mary Laura.
Calm yourself.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Philpott, Mary Laura. Bomb shelter First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2022 9781982160807 (DLC) 2021060263 |
| ISBN |
9781982160784 |
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1982160780 |
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