The shape of things to come
by Casey, Maud
Isabelle, a woman in her thirties without any of the trappings of a grown-up life, has just been fired from her job at a San Francisco phone company. Returning to the midwestern suburb of her childhood, Standardsville, Illinois, she contends with her dating single mother, a neighbor who once appeared on The Honeymooners, and an ex-boyfriend. She also becomes a mystery shopper for a temp agency, posing as a variety of potential tenants for newly built suburban communities to access their exclusi…
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- Full title :The shape of things to come / Maud Casey.
Summary
Isabelle, a woman in her thirties without any of the trappings of a grown-up life, has just been fired from her job at a San Francisco phone company. Returning to the midwestern suburb of her childhood, Standardsville, Illinois, she contends with her dating single mother, a neighbor who once appeared on The Honeymooners, and an ex-boyfriend. She also becomes a mystery shopper for a temp agency, posing as a variety of potential tenants for newly built suburban communities to access their exclusive services. Enchanted by the possiblities of disguise, Isabelle spins a web of lies that keeps the world at a distance until she unearths long-kept secrets that force her to rethink everything she thought she knew. -- Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2002.
- Edition:1st Perennial ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Perennial
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2002.
Notes
Originally published: Morrow, 2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:257 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0060084413, 9780060084417
- oclc:ocm50405967
- LC Classification:PS3553.A79338
- Dewey Decimal:813/.6
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