Braided Lives
560 pages
|Published: 1 Mar 1982
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This edition
ISBN: 9780449000915
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Description
Growing up in Detroit in the 1950s, and going to college when the first seeds of sexual freedom are being sown, Jill and Donna are coming of age in an exciting, turbulent time. Wry, independent Jill thrives in the new free-spirited world, while her beautiful cousin Donna desperately searches for a man to make her life whole. As each cousin is driven by different demons and desires, they eventually realize that they cannot overcome fundamental differences in each others' lives. Still, as their futures assume contrary paths, Jill and Donna realize that they may be separated, but they'll never be truly divided from one another."Rings with passionate awareness...honest and impressive."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDFrom the Paperback edition.