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Moving to New York City to take a dream job with a respected magazine, a recent college graduate finds herself displaced and uncertain of where she fits into the world around her, a situation that is complicated when she becomes the object of an older woman's attentions as her own life spirals out of control. By the author of Caucasia. Reprint.
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Look out for Danzy Senna's latest book, New People, on sale nowA young woman moves to New York City for what promises to be a dream job. Displaced, she feels unsure of her fit in the world. Then comes a look of recognition, a gesture of friendship from an older woman named Greta who shares the same difficult-to-place color of skin. On common ground, a tenuous alliance grows between two women in racial limbo. So too, does the older woman's unnerving obsession, leading to a collision of two lives spiraling out of control. A beautifully written novel, at once suspenseful, erotic, and tantalizingly clever, Symptomatic is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of racial identity.
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