Purple America : A Novel
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[Place of publication not identified] : Open Road Media, 2015.
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1 online resource (298 pages)
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9781504027687
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A son is tasked with an impossible decision in this poignant, astutely observed portrait of a family in crisis from the author of The Ice Storm While visiting his mother, Billie, who suffers from a degenerative neurological disease that has left her paralyzed and unable to speak, Dexter "Hex" Raitliffe learns that his stepfather, Billie's husband and caretaker, has left her. Alone and incapable of living on her own, Billie makes an unfathomable request of Hex: to assist her in committing suicide. Perpetually indecisive, paralyzed by self-doubt, and hindered by an unshakable stutter, Hex sets out to confront his stepfather, only to find himself facing off against his own struggles-with intimacy and alcoholism-along the way. Back in the suburbs of his youth, Hex experiences the lull of nostalgia as well as the sting of painful memories like his father's death as he tries to reconcile his mother's fate and his own wavering identity. Author Rick Moody evokes this singular setting with stunning clarity. Profoundly tragic yet punctuated by moments of hilarity, Purple America is a searing gaze into one family's fragile, chaotic heart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Moody, R. (2015). Purple America: A Novel . Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moody, Rick. 2015. Purple America: A Novel. Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moody, Rick. Purple America: A Novel Open Road Media, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Moody, Rick. Purple America: A Novel Open Road Media, 2015.
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