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008			920429s1992 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 92081571
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050	0	0	_aPS3552.R7 _bB4 1992
082	0	0	_a813.54 _220
100	1		_aBrown, Rosellen.
245	1	0	_aBefore and after / _cRosellen Brown.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar Straus Giroux, _cc1992.
300			_a354 p. ; _c24 cm.
502			_aIn the hospital of her small New Hampshire town, pediatrician Carolyn Reiser views the viciously smashed skull of teenager Martha Taverner, who had been a classmate of her son Jacob. Carolyn and her sculptor husband Ben soon discover that Jacob--mysteriously missing--was the girl's lover and is the prime suspect in her murder. Brown captures the Reisers' shock and disorientation as they confront the unthinkable, and makes credible Ben's instant decision to destroy the incriminating evidence--a blood-covered jack that he finds in the trunk of Jacob's car. As the family disintegrates during the course of Jacob's arrest and trial, the moral conflict that develops between Carolyn and Ben, though an inevitable outcome of their personalities and principles, is played out in a way that strains credulity somewhat. Yet readers will remain immersed in Brown's gripping story, mesmerized by the questions she raises and by the brave, intelligent, compassionate manner in which she deals with which she grapples with them.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction.
650		0	_aCrimes of passion _vFiction.
651		0	_aNew England _vFiction.
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcsh
655		7	_aAdventure stories. _2gsafd
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/92081571-d.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/92081571-s.html
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