The Forms of Water
Andrea Barrett. Washington Square Press, $20.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-671-79522-1
A troubled family is reunited during a journey to an aging uncle's Massachusetts home. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 08/01/1994
Genre: Fiction
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