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The Matter of Sylvie
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The Matter of Sylvie
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Publisher:
Brindle & Glass
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Watermark
Publication Year:
2011
ISBN-13: 9781897142899
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<p class="book_description">On a Wednesday in July 1961, Jacqueline Burrows begins her day perched on the cool concrete of her front steps, smoking. Jacqueline is the mother of three children, including her sweet, difficult daughter, Sylvie. It's only 7:00 AM, but Jacqueline's children are awake and tearing through the neighborhood.</p> <p class="book_description">In a story that deals with the extraordinary challenges of raising a child with severe special needs, <i>The Matter of Sylvie</i> traces the course of Jacqueline's Wednesday, a life-shifting day. The mother's impulses, combined with the stress of her other young children and the absence of her police officer husband, culminate in an event that echoes into the next two decades. A familial triptych: as the fate of one child resounds in the individual, pivotal Wednesdays of both Jacqueline's husband, Lloyd, in February of 1973, and her adult daughter, Lesa, in October of 1987.</p><p class="book_description">Three Wednesdays, three decades, three narrators whose lives are intricately woven in this novel of dark and light. <i>The Matter of Sylvie</i> explores the depths of mother, father and daughter-and ultimately, the matter of Sylvie herself.</p>
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