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Alice laplantes risktaking debut novel, turn of mind book. Alice laplante teaches creative writing at san francisco state university and stanford university, where she is a former wallace stegner fellow. Alice laplante has 14 books on goodreads with 54869 ratings. It is her debut novel and was released in the year 2011.
A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired. Jennifer white retires from her orthopedic practice when she discovers she has early onset alzheimers. Sometimes peoples treatment of jennifer seems to be a touchstone of their own characters. Jennifer whites best friend, amanda, is found dead with four of her. Alice laplante s most popular book is turn of mind.
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