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Narrator, Rosemary Cook, begins her story in the middle. "I spent the first eighteen years of my life defined by this one fact: I was raised with a chimpanzee," she tells us. "It's never going to be the first thing I share with someone. I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren't thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern's expulsion, I'd scarcely known a moment alone. She was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half, and I loved her as a sister." Rosemary was not yet six when Fern was removed. Over the years, she's managed to block a lot of memories. She's smart, vulnerable, innocent, and culpable. With some guile, she guides us through the darkness, penetrating secrets and unearthing memories, leading us deeper into the mystery she has dangled before us from the start. Stripping off the protective masks that have hidden truths too painful to acknowledge, in the end, "Rosemary" truly is for remembrance.
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psychological fiction, domestic fiction, Life change events, Families, Chimpanzees as pets, Family life, Fiction, Coming of age, Roman, Self-realization in women, Human-animal relationships, Amerikanisches Englisch, Adolescence, Fiction, family life, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, coming of age, Large type books, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-03-16, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, general, Chimpanzees, Literary, Fiction, generalShowing 3 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel
2014, Serpent's Tail Limited
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1781254966 9781781254967
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We are all completely beside ourselves: [a novel]
2013, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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We are all completely beside ourselves
2013, G.P. Putnam's Sons, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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0399162097 9780399162091
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Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons. "I was raised with a chimpanzee," she explains. "I tell you Fern is a chimp and, already, you aren't thinking of her as my sister. . . . Until Fern's expulsion . . . she was my twin, my fun-house mirror, my whirlwind other half. . . . I loved her as a sister." As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking. Then, something happened, and Rosemary wrapped herself in silence. In We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler weaves her most accomplished work to date--a tale of loving but fallible people whose well-intentioned actions lead to heartbreaking consequences.
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