Bitter in the Mouth

by Monique Truong

Book Overview

From Monique Truong, winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature and author of The Sweetest Fruits, a brilliant, virtuosic novel about a young woman's search for identity and the true meaning of family

"What I know about you, little girl, would break you in two" are the prophetic last words that Linda Hammerick's grandmother says to her. Growing up in small-town North Carolina in the 1970s and '80s, Linda already...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812981324
• ISBN13: 9780812981322
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Random House Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"