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008 960823s1997 nyu 000 1 eng
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050 00 $aPS3552.E84$bS53 1997
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 1 $aBetts, Doris.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035731
245 14 $aThe sharp teeth of love /$ca novel by Doris Betts.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c1997.
300 $a336 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aAt the center: Luna Stone, twenty-eight, on the mend from a nervous breakdown, traveling west with her beautiful, self-involved boyfriend. Their plan is to marry in Reno, but when the moment of decision comes, Luna takes off for the High Sierra, camping out near the spot where long ago the Donner Party starved and died.
520 8 $aThere she has three unexpected encounters: She becomes profoundly attached to a runaway boy, Sam, an escapee from a child prostitution ring whom she has caught stealing her food. She establishes a cautious understanding with a charming, shy would-be minister, in despair because he's going deaf. And she is visited by the ghost of Tamsen Donner - an outsize, insistent presence - who seems to have something important to say to her about men and the nature of love.
520 8 $aAs Luna gradually wins the boy's trust, the minister, Paul, begins to overcome Luna's resistance to making a new emotional connection, and together the three start wandering, sightseeing around Reno. Until one day Luna is minutes too late to keep young Sam from being snatched again by his exploiters. And a breathtaking chase is set in motion that will change the world in undreamed-of ways for all of them.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3552.E84$iS53 1997