The virgin suicides : a novel
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The virgin suicides : a novel
AUTHOR:
Eugenides, Jeffrey.
ISBN:
9780007524303
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Fourth estate, 2013.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
243 p. ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
"The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The fictional story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on one year reflecting upon the brief lives of five doomed sisters. The Lisbon girls fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for their tragic acts"-- Provided by publisher.
SUBJECT:
| Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Fiction. |
| Suburban life -- Michigan -- Fiction. |
| Teenagers -- Michigan -- Fiction. |
| Teenage girls -- Fiction. |
| Sisters -- Fiction. |
| Coming of age -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
"The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The fictional story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on one year reflecting upon the brief lives of five doomed sisters. The Lisbon girls fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for their tragic acts"--