The mare : a novel
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Naples Library - Adult Fiction
FIC GAI
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FIC GAI
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Stevens Memorial Community Library - Attica - Fiction
GAIT
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GAIT
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Williamson Public Library - Adult Fiction
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FIC GAI
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Naples Library - Adult Fiction | FIC GAI | Available |
Stevens Memorial Community Library - Attica - Fiction | GAIT | Available |
Williamson Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC GAI | Available |
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Book
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Following her National Book Award–nominated Veronica, here is Mary Gaitskill’s most poignant and powerful work yet—the story of a Dominican girl, the Anglo woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her. Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul, who wonder what it will mean to “make a difference” in such a contrived situation. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationship with Velvet over several years, as well as Velvet’s encounter with the horses at the stable down the road—especially with an abused, unruly mare called Fugly Girl. With strong supporting characters—Velvet’s abusive mother, an eccentric horse trainer, a charismatic older boy who awakens Velvet’s nascent passion—The Mare traces Velvet’s journey between the vital, violent world of the inner city and the world of the small-town stable.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gaitskill, M. (2015). The mare: a novel (First edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-. 2015. The Mare: A Novel. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-. The Mare: A Novel Pantheon Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gaitskill, Mary. The Mare: A Novel First edition., Pantheon Books, 2015.
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