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Make Believe

A Novel

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By Joanna Scott

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$21.99

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$28.99 CAD

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When four-year-old Bo is orphaned in the car accident that kills his mother, he becomes the focus of a fierce custody struggle and flees into himself — away from the sea of strangers — where he inhabits an eerie inner landscape.

The world of “make believe” into which we are drawn in this remarkable novel — hailed for both its lyrical prose and its profound dramatic and emotional intensity — is the world of four-year-old Bo, cast adrift in a sea of strangers as he becomes the focus of a fierce custody battle between two sets of grandparents, one black and one white.

“This is a compelling story that will leave readers haunted by Scott’s powerful moral vision.”-Publishers’ Weekly

Genre:

  • "Joanna Scott is the absolute cream of our generation."
    David Foster Wallace
  • "Gripping . . . Scott keeps the narrative tension high throughout."
    Starr E. Smith, Library Journal
  • "A risk-taking book . . . Scott just keeps getting better."
    Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

On Sale
Feb 20, 2001
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316776660

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Joanna Scott

About the Author

Joanna Scott is the author of ten novels, including Arrogance, a PEN-Faulkner finalist, The Manikin, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Follow Me, a New York Times Notable Book. Her awards include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Ambassador Book Award from the English-Speaking Union, and the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Scott is the Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at the University of Rochester.

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