The Fifty-first State
- Authors: Lisa Borders
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- Type: Novel
- Genres: General Fiction
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- Rating: 4.1 based on 28 reviews
- Release Date: October 15, 2013
- Print length: 304 pages (Paperback)
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About the book
"A fresh new voice in fiction."--Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides
After her father's death, Hallie Corson returns from her New York photographer's life to her south Jersey hometown to care for her long-estranged brother during his final year of high school. As they learn their family's history, Josh and Hallie will invite disaster into their lives, and will learn, together, to navigate its currents, keeping further losses at bay.
Lisa Borders is the author of Cloud Cuckoo Land, winner of the Fred Bonnie Award for Best First Novel and fiction honors in the Massachusetts Book Awards.
Praise for this book:
"A fresh new voice in fiction." - Pat Conroy