Durable goods

Elizabeth Berg

earliest edition we have, 1993 Avon Books, 1994 192 pages

"Sometimes life is so hard and then, bingo, it's like happiness is pushing at your back, waiting to come out of your front..." On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane,...

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Durable goods edition · 2003 · Random House Trade Paperbacks · 200 pages
Durable goods edition · 2000 · Center Point Pub. · 248 pages
Durable goods edition · 1994 · Avon Books · 192 pages
Durable goods edition · 1993 · Random House · 192 pages

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