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false <![CDATA[Verge]]> 5067984 1 Claire McMinn has three goals: to stay sober, to stay away from sex, and to get into film school. She's already adept at surviving her crazed family, rescuing (and seducing) her best friend, and pretending to ignore the advice of her sponsor-a gay man, impervious, fortunately, to all her charms.As Verge begins, Claire's last goal is jeopardized when a past affair with a professor's wife catches up with her and she is kicked out of his class.In her quest to obtain a video camera to complete the course work on her own, she is introduced to Sister Hilary, the nun who runs a local community center. Claire leaves their meeting with a volunteer job at Sister Hilary's agency, a chance to make a documentary about it, and a tangle of complications.Verge is a novel of self-forgiveness and growth if not redemption, a tale of developing vision if not romance, and is more of a testament to the importance of community and friendship than a tale of a dysfunctional family. And it's a very satisfying read.Verge will appeal to readers who are interested in spirituality, addiction recovery, the madcap humor of gay/lesbian AA, the creative arts, and the lives of twenty-first-century nuns, as well as the trials and tribulations-and adventures-of contemporary lesbians.Z Egloff was born in California, raised in the Midwest, and schooled (academically and otherwise) in Amherst, Massachusetts, and on Cape Cod. Verge is her first novel. 5134643 1 2 2009 Verge total:7|5:3|4:3|3:1| 7 30 17 3 0 0 false false Fri May 22 16:07:43 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 16:10:20 -0700 2009
"Verge is powerful, quirky, and fresh." -Alison Bechdel

"A wry story of confronting your demons, Verge has heart and wit and intelligence." -Emma Donoghue ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 15:52:26 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 15:54:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 28 01:53:29 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 13 17:34:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 17:23:17 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 17:23:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 19:02:44 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:02:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 10:28:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 10:28:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 04:54:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:59:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 04:54:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 09:19:49 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:19:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 18:30:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 18:30:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 18:38:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:38:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 13:37:15 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:37:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:15:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:16:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 11:11:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:28:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 25 09:09:05 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 09:09:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 24 16:00:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 16:00:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Oct 15 13:34:11 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 13:34:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Oct 14 07:32:06 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:32:06 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5067984