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When the World Was Steady

(1994)
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Awards
1996 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee)

This is an exploration of divergent lives, those of two sisters, Virginia and Emmy. Virginia has lived all her life with her domineering mother; Emmy emigrated to Australia and set up house there with a rich husband. In middle age, both sisters find themselves facing crises.


Genre: General Fiction

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