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Grieving after the drowning death of her sister, thirteen-year-old Nico falls into a seductive and dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend during a summer when she realizes that she has moved beyond the help of her parents.
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<em>Goldengrove</em> is an emotionally powerful novel about adolescent love and loss from Francine Prose, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Reading Like a Writer</em> and <em>A Changed Man</em>. Focusing on a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister, this masterful coming-of-age work is radiant with the possibility of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life.
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