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      The Ruins of California

      by Martha Sherrill
      Published
      Jan 2006
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      For the Ruin family in 1970s California, as described by the precocious young Inez, life is complex. Her father, Paul, is self-obsessed, intrusive, and brilliant. He's also twice divorced, leaving Inez to bounce between two worlds and embracing neither-that of Paul's bohemian life in San Francisco and the more sedate world of her mother Connie, a Latin bombshell who plays tennis and attends EST seminars in the suburbs. As Inez progresses through high school we are witness to a remarkable family saga that renders a strange and fascinating slice of America in transition-one like the Ruins of California themselves, at once bold and innocent, creative and chaotic, obsessed and liberating.

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      Jan 2007 Riverhead ISBN13 9781594482311 ISBN10 1594482314
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      First Edition Jan 2006 Penguin ISBN13 9781594200809 ISBN10 1594200807
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      Jan 2007 Penguin ISBN13 9781101118023 ISBN10 1101118024
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