Girl in the dark : a memoir
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New York : Doubleday, [2015].
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9780385539609, 0385539606
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2015].
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258 pages ; 19 cm
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English
ISBN
9780385539609, 0385539606

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"Anna was living a normal life. She was ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. But then she started to develop worrying symptoms: her face felt like it was burning whenever she was in front of the computer. Soon this progressed to an intolerance of fluorescent light, then of sunlight itself. The reaction soon spread to her entire body. Now, when her symptoms are at their worst she must spend months on end in a blacked-out room, losing herself in audio books and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. During periods of relative remission she can venture cautiously out at dawn and dusk, into a world which, from the perspective of her normally cloistered existence, is filled with a remarkable beauty. And throughout there is her relationship with Pete. In many ways he is Anna's savior, offering her shelter from the light in his home. But she cannot enjoy a normal life with him, cannot go out in the day, even making love is uniquely awkward. Anna asks herself "by continuing to occupy this lovely man while giving him neither children, nor a public companion, nor a welcoming home - do I do wrong?" With gorgeous, lyrical prose, Anna brings us into the dark with her, a place from which we emerge to see love, and the world, anew"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lyndsey, A. (2015). Girl in the dark: a memoir (First American editon.). Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lyndsey, Anna. 2015. Girl in the Dark: A Memoir. Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lyndsey, Anna. Girl in the Dark: A Memoir Doubleday, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lyndsey, Anna. Girl in the Dark: A Memoir First American editon., Doubleday, 2015.

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