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Surrender, Dorothy
Surrender Dorothy
Author: Meg Wolitzer
For years, Sara Swerdlow was transported by an unfettered sense of immortality. Floating along on loving friendships and the adoration of her mother, Natalie, Sara's notion of death was entirely alien to her existence. But when a summer night's drive out for ice cream ends in tragedy, thirty-year-old Sara -- "held aloft and shimmeri...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780671042547
ISBN-10: 0671042548
Publication Date: 7/1/2000
Pages: 240
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 1
The loss of an adult child, who has outgrown the need of a full time mother, but is both sad, happy at times, and revealing, all at once.
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The book was extremely sad...that is all I really remember about it (besides thinking that a grown woman with a baby should not be that concerned with people she was close to in high school passing..I mean, she has her own life now, you know?)

It wasn't really my type of book..but if you are into the whole mother grieving, not able to get over a child's death type thing, then this book is for you.
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Really liked her other books; this one was a disappointment.
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Good, quick read.
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Interesting look at how the death of a loved affects family and friends.


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