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Betsy Ruscoe, a single university professor in her mid-30s, is pregnant, and the man she thought she loved is not interested in fatherhood. At the same time, her dying mother begs Betsy to find the woman who gave her up for adoption at birth fifty years ago and then disappeared. Betsy struggles to cope with the changes in her life as she also sets out on a quest to uncover her mother’s surprising history.
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Kitty Burns Florey is the author of ten novels and two works of nonfiction as well as many essays and short stories. Born in Syracuse, she has lived in Boston, Brooklyn, and New Haven. She now lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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“Written with sensitivity and skill, Family Matters displays the novelist’s eye for the telling detail combined with a wider vision of a character’s place within her family, her community, her culture.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A smashing first novel . . . It was an easy task to read it in one sitting. Heartily recommended!” —Library Journal
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- PublisherSeaview Books
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0872235580
- ISBN 13 9780872235588
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages294
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1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a Near Fine dust-jacket that is somewhat shelfworn; Kitty Burns Florey's debut novel is a story of family, love, and loss. Told through the alternating perspectives of two sisters, the novel follows their lives as they navigate their way through the ups and downs of family life. From the moment they are born, the sisters are constantly pushed and pulled by the expectations of their parents and each other. As they get older, the sisters learn to navigate the complex web of familial relationships, making choices that sometimes defy easy understanding. But no matter how hard life may seem, the sisters always find a way to hold on to each other. In the end, Family Matters is a story about the power of love and how it can overcome any obstacle.; 8vo; 294 pages. Seller Inventory # 57587
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