Mislaid / Nell Zink.

"Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ingénue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. The two are mismatched from the start--she'...

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Main Author: Zink, Nell (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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