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In the aftermath of her mother's death, thirty-one-year-old Nikki Eaton comes into a startling realization of her identity as a daughter and experiences a tumultuous year of mourning that gives way to greater wisdom and love.
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<em><p>last time</p><p>Last time you see someone and you don't<br> know it will be the last time. And all that<br> you know now, if only you'd known then.<br> But you didn't know, and now it's too late. <br>And you tell yourself</p></em> How could I have <br><p>known, I could not have known.</p><blockquote><em>You tell yourself.</em></blockquote><p><em>This is my story of missing my mother. One<br> day, in a way unique to you, it will be your<br><em> story, too.</em></em></p><p>From Joyce Carol Oates comes this candid, intimate, engaging, and personal new novel.</p><p>Nikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her mother, she undergoes a remarkable transformation during a tumultuous year that brings stunning horror, sorrow, illumination, wisdom, and even—from an unexpected source—a nurturing love.</p>
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