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A Secret Word Paperback - 2004

by Jennifer Paddock

Capturing "the dreamy rhythms of adolescence between staccato moments of crisis," "A Secret Word" is about three young women "who find themselves transported into the cosmopolitan landscape of womanhood" (Jan McInerney, author of "Bright Lights, Big City").


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Jennifer Paddock's incandescent debut novel spans fifteen years in the lives of friends Leigh, Sarah, and Chandler, beginning one fateful day in high school that forever connects them. While Leigh remains stuck in dead-end jobs in their Arkansas hometown, the more privileged Sarah and Chandler move to Manhattan, where Sarah seeks acting fame and Chandler struggles to make sense of her failed relationships, only to be sent reeling by an unexpected tragedy. Sweeping from the Deep South to New York and interweaving each girl's distinctive voice into a seamless narrative, A Secret Word is a luminous story of friendship and family, sex and secrets, growing up and growing apart. It is about how well you can ever really know another person and the secrets we keep from our friends, our families, and, most important, ourselves.

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  • Title A Secret Word
  • Author Jennifer Paddock
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Pages 206
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
  • Date 2004-04-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780743247078 / 0743247078
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 5 x 7.9 x 0.7 in (12.70 x 20.07 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Young women, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003057343
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2004, Page 1348
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2004, Page 11
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/09/2004, Page 54
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