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Suspicious River

A Novel

Laura Kasischke
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Pages
288
Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

About

A married motel receptionist in a bleak Michigan town, Leila Murray has slipped into the habit of trading sex with strangers for money. When she meets a drifter who alternately sweet-talks and physically abuses her, it might be the wakeup call that dissuades her from a life of prostitution. Instead, she allows him to become her pimp.

In this chilling novel, we follow Leila's life as she spirals out of control-and learn the darkness in her past that drives her.

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Reviews

"Those who like Joyce Carol Oates will love this..."
Kirkus Reviews
"...an exploration of the legacy of abuse and violence [and] an amazing first novel..."
The Boston Globe
"[An] extremely powerful debut . . . Profoundly disturbing but also resonant with hope and rebirth."
Los Angeles Times

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Laura KasischkeAuthor

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