Cook, Karin  , 1969- <br/><br/>
What girls learn  : a novel 
/ Karin Cook 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York  : Pantheon Books  , c1997. 
 - x, 304 p.  ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Teetering on the brink of adolescence, narrator Tilden and her slightly younger sister Elizabeth are initially wary when their mother, a hopelessly romantic optimist, moves the small family from Atlanta to suburban Long Island to be with her new beau, Nick. Tilden has some difficulties adjusting to the changes in her life, but Elizabeth jumps right in with her new, fast crowd and never looks back. Tilden is finally beginning to feel more comfortable when she is faced with the unconquerable-her mother finds a lump in her breast and fails quickly despite aggressive treatment. Cook has a deft touch in capturing the domestic dialogue of family life, the alternating innocence and wiseass cynicism of preteens, and the ache of a mother who tried to do the best for her girls. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780679769446 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96030315 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mothers and daughters----Fiction<br/>Sisters----Fiction<br/>Breast----Cancer----Patients----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction<br/>Medical novels
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3553.O55385  / W48 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>YA FIC COO