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Published in USA
May 2007
240 pages
Genre: Novels
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The Big Girls 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—written in spare, evocative prose and with a bold understanding of the darkest, most hidden aspects of human nature.
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"Starred Review. Reading this heartbreaker is like watching a train wreck while dialing for help on your cellphone. You can't turn away." - PW.
"Starred Review. Moore brings electrifying prose and a richly compassionate viewpoint to her meditation on both the dark and the generous impulses at work in all of us." – Booklist.
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Moore's six novels to date include One Last Look and In the Cut.
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