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Cat's EyeNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1988
Emotional in tone, about friendship and grief and loss.
Green TownSeries
series31 books1946
completed
Set in small town.
“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
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Boy's LifeNovel
Robert R. McCammonstandalone novel1991
Emotional in tone, about friendship and murder investigation, set in small town.
The Queen's GambitNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1983
Emotional in tone, about identity and addiction, set in eastern europe.
“A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism.”
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The Road Through the WallNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1948
Dark in tone, about family secrets and class conflict, set in small town.
SurfacingNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1972
About identity and grief and loss, set in countryside & village.
“Surfacing has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.”
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