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Format:
Book
Title:
Slow river
ISBN:
9780345391650

9780345395375
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Ballantine Books, 1995.
Physical Description:
343 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
"A Del Rey Book."

Nicola Griffith is a native of Yorkshire, England, now a dual US/UK citizen. Author of seven novels (Ammonite, Slow River, The Blue Place, Stay, Always, Hild, So Lucky) and a multi-media memoir (And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner notes to a writer's early life). Co-editor of the Bending the Landscape series of original queer f/sf/h stories. Essayist. Teacher. Blogger. Founder and co-host of #criplit. Winner of two (2) Washington State Book Award, the Nebula, Tiptree, World Fantasy Awards, and six (6) Lambda Literary Awards. She holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, is a wheelchair boxer, married to writer Kelley Eskridge, and lives in Seattle.--About Nicola Griffith, Amazon author page, accessed 5 October 2021.
Summary:
A rich woman escapes from her kidnapers and is taken in by a lesbian who deals in computer fraud and prostitution. The two work together, but the woman becomes revolted and returns home to learn the kidnaping was arranged by a family member.
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