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Scissors, paper, rock

Fenton. Johnson

1993226 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993Pocket Books · 226 pages · ENGISBN 9780671795412
  • 1994Washington Square Press · 226 pages · ENGISBN 9780671795429
  • 2016University Press of Kentucky · 274 pages · ENGISBN 9780813166575
  • 2016University Press of Kentucky · 274 pages · ENGISBN 9780813166582
  • 2016University Press of Kentucky · 274 pagesISBN 9780813166568
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This remarkable story of love, loss, and memory reveals the lives of two generations of a Kentucky family and their elderly neighbor. The illness and death of the youngest son from AIDS acts as a catalyst for this eloquent portrayal of conflicts and loyalties.

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