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Author: Richard Powers

A history of the fictional Clare Soap and Chemical Company that is also a history of America. The st...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0374159963
ISBN-13: 9780374159962
Jun 1998
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
355 pages
Language: English
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A history of the fictional Clare Soap and Chemical Company that is also a history of America. The story revolves around Laura Bodey, a real estate broker who blames a malignant ovarian cyst on the company that dominates her small Illinois town. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.

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Length:355 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:22.4 oz

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"Power's recounting of the company's steady expansion, weathering the decades' economic ups and downs, and its regular ability to adapt to the consumer market provides an early indication of the author's considerable skill."
Business Week - Hardy Green (07/27/1998)


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