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Touted as a real publishing fable, judith guest s first novel, ordinary people, was an unsolicited manuscript by an unknown writer delivered, in the parlance of the trade, over the. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. This is one of those books that finds its way right into the center of your heart and remains there forever. Guest, judith subjects teenagers fiction illinois fiction illinois audience adult summary seventeenyearold conrad returns home from a mental institution, where he was sent after his brothers accidental death and his own ensuing suicide attempt.
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