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An Actual Life
An Actual Life
Author: Abigail Thomas
"It is too bad marriage doesn't come with attachments like a vacuum cleaner. You can't do anything with ours. Ours just sits there and blows hot air," says Virginia, the 19-year-old narrator of An Actual Life. Having gotten pregnant in the late 1950s after a single night of not so blissful sex, she is now mired in a joyl...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780684837512
ISBN-10: 068483751X
Publication Date: 11/4/1997
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Touchstone
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is the story of a very young forced marriage. Neither Buddy nor Virginia want to be married to each other, but a baby makes it necessary.


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