false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171879979m/124711.jpg 124711 3 <p>At the heart of this electrifying novel is a crime of unfathomable horror and its effect on several profoundly different lives, each altered by a surprising connection to the others.<br><br>We hear four brilliantly realized voices: Helen, an inmate at Sloatsburg women&#8217;s prison serving a life sentence for the murder of her children; trapped within the maze of her own tortured mind, she is the subject of damning national attention. Dr. Louise Forrest, the recently divorced mother of an eight-year-old boy&#8212;the new chief of psychiatry at Sloatsburg. Angie, an ambitious Hollywood starlet, intent on nothing but fame. And Ike Bradshaw, a sardonic corrections officer, formerly a New York City narcotics detective.<br><br>As the alternating narratives unfold, we begin to wonder why Dr. Forrest has chosen Sloatsburg over the Park Avenue practice for which she was trained. And the origin of Helen&#8217;s psychosis is revealed&#8212;both its shocking depths and its disturbingly convincing rationale&#8212;as well as why she is desperate to make herself known to the young actress Angie. <br><br><i>The Big Girls </i>is a powerful and audacious novel about the anarchy of families, the sometimes destructive power of the maternal instinct, the vitality and evil of communities, and the cult of celebrity&#8212;written in spare, evocative prose and with a bold understanding of the darkest, most hidden aspects of human nature.</p> 120098 2006 The Big Girls total:242|5:21|4:57|3:108|2:38|1:18| 242 751 424 65 124711 1400041902 9781400041909 224 62 3.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171879979m/124711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124711.The_Big_Girls 2 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 08:25:51 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 06:58:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 124711 1400041902 9781400041909 224 62 3.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171879979m/124711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124711.The_Big_Girls 3 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 13:08:26 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 11:24:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 124711 1400041902 9781400041909 224 62 3.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171879979m/124711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124711.The_Big_Girls 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 17:31:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:17:18 -0700 2009
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