Mother Land

Mother LandA richly detailed, darkly hilarious novel of a family held together and torn apart by its narcissistic matriarch To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is the selfish, petty tyrant of Mother Land. She excels at playing her offspring against each other. Her favorite, Angela, died in childbirth; only Angela really understands her, she tells the others. The others

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" Finally free after spending three months locked in a secret government facility

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with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes and learning to forgive

" -- Entertainment Weekly

The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year

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