The Mare

by Gaitskill, Mary
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ISBN: 9780307743602
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One of the Best Books of the Year
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When Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a family in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something much more significant. Soon Velvet finds herself torn between her host family--Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic; and Paul, a college professor--and her own deeply tormented mother. The one constant becomes Velvet's newly discovered passion for horse riding--and especially for an abused, unruly mare named Fugly Girl. A stirring and deeply felt novel, The Mare is Mary Gaitskill's most poignant and powerful work yet--a stunning exploration of a girl and her horse, and of the way we connect with people from all walks of life.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Gaitskill, Mary
  • ISBN: 9780307743602
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 544
  • Publication Year: 2016

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