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“Serpent In The Garden Of Dreams is a fraught trip into the dark Eden of childhood, unearthing clues to the mystery of the heroine's failed love life as adult. Elegantly written, moving between the mirrors of present and past, Robin Messing'sdebut novel transforms the anguish of growing up into a memorably touching experience.” —Jonathan Baumbach
“This is a lyrically written, literate novel about the endurance of love and the inability to erase an ended relationship from the history of our lives. All we experience stays with us as if incorporated into our emotional DNA. Robin Messing writes with much wit and elegance and especially truthfullness. this will be a great book club recommendation.”—Karen Vail, Armchair Bookstore
Messing sensitively portrays a woman who discovers that her past infuses her present in ways she had never imagined. —Booklist
“This is a novel of great beauty that has much to say about the painful complexities of obsession, possession, loss, and love. Its brilliantly drawn characters—each stubbornly caught in a separate intensity—lingered in my mind long after reading.” —Joan Silber, National Book Award finalist for Ideas of Heaven
Price: $26.00
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