The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0805049207
- ISBN-13
- 9780805049206
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 275
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Author
- Siri Hustvedt
Description
Lily Dahl, a young waitress who lives over the restaurant where she works in Webster, Minnesota, finds her life changed by the people around her and the ways they are influenced by the dead
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- 2012-03-15
- 282 pages
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