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Amnesty:

A Novel
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Alyson Publications, Sep 1, 1996 - Fiction - 206 pages
Maura Jaeger has hidden herself in the hills of rural Pennsylvania, teaching English at a small state college and rigorously avoiding all relationships. When her father dies, she must return to the small town where she grew up, confronting ghosts at every turn: her beloved brother Colin, whose tour of duty in Vietnam changed him forever; the town that shunned her family when her brother Zach fled to Canada to dodge the draft; the lovers who left her behind; and the family that has exiled her for her lesbianism. Forced to re-examine the childhood that she has fought so hard to forget, Maura must grant herself amnesty and begin to live life on her own terms.

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User Review  - Heather - Goodreads

it's been at least 10 years since i read a poetry book. in fact, this is a novel, but it plays like bad poetry for the first two chapters. being so long since i'd read this type of work, i wanted to ... Read full review

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User Review  - Courtney - Goodreads

Loved this novel. It kept my interest. Classic story about families that make us and break us. Glad I stumbled across Louise Blum. Read full review

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About the author (1996)

Louise A. Blum has published poetry, short stories, and a novel, Amnesty, a finalist for the 1996 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, she is associate professor of English at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.

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