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The Hazards Of Good Breedingby Shattuck,Jessica
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Book DescriptionNew York, New York USA: Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. A Promotional Copy with extensive publicity materials laid in, including a color photograph of the author. A pristine, unread copy of Shattuck's well-received first novel. Please email us if you have any questions or if you would like to see more photographs. Book summaryThe Dunlap family is falling apart. Faith has left Jack after 22 years. Jack has dismissed Rosita, the suddenly pregnant housekeeper, devastating 10-year-old Eliot. Caroline is drifting after her graduation from Harvard. And a shady filmmaker she's in love with wants to include the Dunlaps in his examination of WASP culture and old money. In this humorous novel, it's young Eliot who finally sets in motion the events that may redeem them all. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.Media Reviews"[A] generously portrayed and richly appointed debut....Shattuck has done wonders...." -- Kirkus "Shattuck's boldest move is her ending, which for a time seems in danger of being harmonious to the point of suspicion. But in the book's final section....Shattuck blows a hole through this bonhomie. It's a risky move, but it's the one that finally elevates THE HAZARDS OF GOOD BREEDING from a witty and promising first novel to a disturbing indictment of a superannuated subculture." -- Jennifer Egan, New York Times Book Review Publisher NotesHaving written off the decadence of her youth, Caroline Dunlap reluctantly returns home after graduation and finds her recently divorced father obsessing about a former housekeeper and her younger brother becoming increasingly absorbed by an ambitious papier-mGchT project. A first novel. Other Recommended Books
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