The Deeper The Water The Uglier The Fish

"It's 16-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope, barely alive. ... (more)

"It's 16-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope, barely alive. Upstairs, 14-year-old Mae had fallen into one of her trances, often a result of feeling too closely attuned to her mother's dark moods. After Marianne is unwillingly admitted to a mental hospital, Edie and Mae are forced to move from their childhood home in Louisiana to New York to live with their estranged father, Dennis, a former civil rights activist and literary figure on the other side of success."--flap. (less)

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