The bright side sanctuary for animals: a novel
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"From the winner of the 2016 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction comes a tender and funny debut novel, set over one emotionally charged weekend at an animal sanctuary in western Kansas, where maternal, romantic, and community bonds are tested in the wake of an estranged daughter's homecoming"--
2016. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. Ariel discovers that her mother Mona's animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six years, returns to her childhood home-- and finds her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, still working at the Bright Side. Back in Lawrence, Ariel's fiancé, Dex, sets out to confront Ariel and finds her questioning the meaning of her life in Lawrence-- and whether she belongs with Dex or with someone else, somewhere else. -- adapted from jacket
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Mandelbaum, B. (2020). The bright side sanctuary for animals: a novel. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition August 2020. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mandelbaum, Becky. 2020. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mandelbaum, Becky, The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mandelbaum, Becky. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition August 2020. Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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