In a departure from his first book, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, Vincent Lam mines his family background for his second novel.
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At the turn of the 20th century, a family opens its country house to a group of stranded train-crash survivors amid preparations for daughter Emerald Torrington's 20th birthday.
Fans of John Irvin will be thrilled to discover that he explores many familiar themes in his new novel, In One Person: quirky townsfolk, New England, wrestling and sexuality.
When Frank Money receives a letter that reads, "She be dead," he journeys to Georgia to bring his sister home, but memories of their difficult childhood and his traumatic experiences during the Korean War resurface.
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