This book is absolutely brutal! It's a mid-period Henry James novel about a six year old girl whose parents divorce--they get a joint custody, and she's supposed to spend six months with the father and then six months with the mother. The novel is told in Henry James' complex, oblique style, but it's also very close to the girl's understanding--there's …
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