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008 990127s1999 nyu 000 1 eng
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050 00 $aPS3557.R396$bB74 1999
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aGreenwood, T.$q(Tammy)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99007157
245 10 $aBreathing water /$cT. Greenwood.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1999.
300 $a276 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aEffie Greer watches the final days of summer play out from her grandparents' home in Lake Gormlaith, Vermont, with her boyfriend, Max. Despite the idyllic setting, Effie is hiding a secret. With a heated temper and shattered past, Max is heading toward self-destruction and Effie, unwilling to let go, is close behind.
520 8 $aSlowly, Effie begins to gain the strength necessary to leave the suffocating relationship. But on the evening she decides to go, Max's violence results in a tragic boating accident and the death of a child.
520 8 $aUnable to deal with her role in that terrible August night, Effie drifts aimlessly from city to city. Only when she learns that Max has died of a heroin overdose does she find the strength to return to Lake Gormlaith to face the demons that have kept her away. No longer a naive young girl, Effie is now a woman desperately seeking absolution. She ultimately finds her chance in the most unlikely of people.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3557.R396$iB74 1999