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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F Drabble |
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Author:
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Drabble, Margaret |
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Title:
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The Dark Flood Rises |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"A magnificently mordant reckoning with mortality by the great British novelist Francesca Stubbs has a very full life. A highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age, she drives restlessly round England, which is 'her last love'. She wants to 'see it all before she dies'. Amid the professional conferences she attends, she fits in visits to old friends, brings home-cooked dinners to her ex-husband, texts her son, who is grieving over the sudden death of his girlfriend, and drops in on her daughter, a quirky young woman who lives in a floodplain in the West Country. The space between vitality and morality suddenly seems narrow, but Fran is not ready to settle yet, with a 'cat upon her knee'. She still prizes her 'frisson of autonomy', her belief in herself as a dynamic individual doing meaningful work in the world. This dark and glittering novel moves back and forth between an interconnected group of family and friends in England and a seemingly idyllic expat community in the Canary Islands. It is set against a backdrop of rising flood tides in Britain and the seismic fragility of the Canaries, where we also observe the flow of immigrants from an increasingly war-torn Middle East. With Margaret Drabble's characteristic wit and deceptively simple prose, The Dark Flood Rises enthralls, entertains, and asks existential questions in equal measure. Of course, there is undeniable truth in Francesca's insight: 'Old age, it's a fucking disaster!'"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780374134952 (hardcover) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780374715762 (e-book) |
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System control number:
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(DLC)19177463 |
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System control number:
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(DLC)2016025620 |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Classification number:
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PR6054.R25 |
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Item number:
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D37 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.914 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC019000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC044000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1939- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Margaret Drabble. |
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Edition statement:
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First American edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, N.Y. |
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Name of publisher:
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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Date of publication:
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c.2016; 2017 |
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New York : |
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |
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2017. |
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?2016 |
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Extent:
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327 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Dimensions:
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24 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 03/31/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 26.00 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Literary. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Contemporary Women. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk18 2016-07-19 to CIP |
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xn11 2017-03-03 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |
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xk18 2016-07-15 |
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xk07 2017-03-30 to CALM |
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xk18 2016-07-15 ONIX (Telework) |
Bibliography Copy Information:
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Due Back |
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48322 |
F Drabble |
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