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Half a Life
Half a Life
Author: Jill Ciment
Jill Ciment weaves an unforgettable tale of survival, compassion, and courage, in this haunting recollection of a child surrounded by confusion and madness, and her struggle to find an identity. —   Half a Life  traces Jill Ciment's family from Toronto to the California desert - -a landscape and culture so alien to her father ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780517701713
ISBN-10: 0517701715
Publication Date: 6/18/1996
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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This is a well written memoir about a teenager's highly dysfunctional relationship with her very strange father. It follows her life growing up in the Valley in the late 60's early 70's, her first job as a semi-forger and a teenage sojourn to NYC, which is nothing less than disastrous. I think most girls that have had a difficult relationship with a parent can relate to her writing. Her story is at times funny, sad and believably unreal.


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