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Independence dayRichard Ford
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Independence day

451 pagesFirst published 19954 editions
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Frank Bascombe is no longer a sportswriter, yet he's still living in Haddam, New Jersey, where he now sells real estate. He's still divorced, though his ex-wife, to his dismay, has remarried and moved along with their children to Connecticut. But Frank is happy enough in his work and pursuing various civic and entrepreneurial sidelines. He has high hopes for this 4th of July weekend: a search for a house for deeply hapless clients relocating to Vermont; a rendezvous on the Jersey shore with his girlfriend; then up to Connecticut to pick up his larcenous and emotionally troubled teenage son…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionVintage Books19964519780679735182
EditionA.A. Knopf19954519780679492658
EditionHarvill19954519781860460203
EditionLittle, Brown and Company (Canada)19954519780316288262
FictionFathers and sonsReal estate agentsDivorced menDomestic fictionNew jersey, fictionFathers and sons, fictionFiction, science fiction, general