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PublisherHarvard Square Editions, The Limited

ISBN-100989596036

ISBN-139780989596039

eBay Product ID (ePID)201687740

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Publication Year2014

Book TitleClose

TopicThrillers / Suspense

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorErika Raskin

FormatTrade Paperback

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SynopsisSingle-mom Kik Marcheson is doing the best she can. But effort doesn't seem to count for much in the parenting department. Her oldest daughter, Doone, is swimming in the deep end of adolescence. Casey, the middle-child slash good-girl is fraying along the edges and Tess, an idiosyncratic kindergartner, has installed an imaginary playmate in the family abode. When Doone falls in with the wrong crowd, Dr. Price, the TV therapist offers to help. What could go awry? You'll laugh with the Marchesons as everything seems to be turning up, until one of the girls goes missing . . . "Crisply written. A pager turner of significance. This wise debut novel, Close, slices into 21st century motherhood on an Academic campus revealing expected and unexpected terrors and tenderness. Erika Raskin captures the thousands of small choices that can go tragically wrong on an ordinary day, the perils of making the private public, and the vulnerability that comes with loving a child. Her ability to portray a mother's love for three very different children is uncanny." -- Alice Randall The Wind Done Gone; and Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Should family therapy be a spectator sport? Close, Erika Raskin's debut novel explores the familiar dynamics of a family in crisis and then adds TV therapy to the mix. This book tells a poignant and edgy story of a divorced-family dynamic through complex characters and the real life struggles of parenting and adolescence. Close follows the Marchesons who are still dealing with the fallout from an ugly divorce. Wry, single mom Kik and her three complicated and imaginative daughters are all paddling hard to stay afloat. When being swamped becomes a real possibility, they grab a lifeline, one that is unfortunately tethered to living room couches all over the country. "While trying to get help for the Marcheson daughters this family experiences something that will shock you." -LitPik "A page-turner of significance" -Best-selling author Alice Randall