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008			091003s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2007041360
020			_a9781401322250
050	0	0	_aPS3607.R6344 _bM66 2008
082	0	0	_aFIC GRO
100	1		_aGroff, Lauren
245	1	4	_aThe monsters of Templeton _b: a novel _c/ Lauren Groff
260			_aNew York _b: Hyperion _c, 2008.
300			_ax, 364 p. _b: ill., geneal. tables _c; 25 cm.
500			_aMap on endpapers.
520			_aIn the wake of a disastrous affair with her older, married archeology professor at Stanford, brilliant Wilhelmina Cooper arrives back at the doorstep of her hippie mother-turned born-again-Christian's house in Templeton, NY, a storybook town her ancestors founded that sits on the shores of Lake Glimmerglass. Upon her arrival, a prehistoric monster surfaces in the lake bringing a feeding frenzy to the quiet town, and Willie learns she has a mystery father her mother kept secret Willie's entire life. The beautiful, broody Willie is told that the key to her biological father's identity lies somewhere in her family's history, so she buries herself in the research of her twisted family tree and finds more than she bargained for as a chorus of voices from the town's past- some sinister, all fascinat ing- rise up around her to tell their side of the story. In the end, dark secrets come to light, past and present day are blurred, and old mysteries are finally put to rest. A fresh, virtuoso performance that will surely place Groff among the best young writers of today.
650			_aSingle women _v--Fiction
650		0	_aWomen genealogists _x--Fiction
650			_aSea monsters _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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