The mare
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New York : Pantheon Books,, [2015].
Edition
First edition.
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441 pages ; 24 cm.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GAITSK 2015
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books,, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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40025332148

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Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul, who wonder what it will mean to "make a difference" in such a contrived situation. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationship with Velvet over several years, as well as Velvet's encounter with the horses at the stable down the road, especially with an abused, unruly mare called Fugly Girl. With strong supporting characters -- Velvet's abusive mother, an eccentric horse trainer, a charismatic older boy who awakens Velvet's nascent passion --The Mare traces Velvet's journey between the vital, violent world of the inner city and the world of the small-town stable.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gaitskill, M. (2015). The mare (First edition.). Pantheon Books, .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-. 2015. The Mare. Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-. The Mare Pantheon Books, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gaitskill, Mary. The Mare First edition., Pantheon Books, , 2015.

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