| International Standard Book Number |
9780063497160 (large print ; paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063497166 (large print ; paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Kline, Christina Baker, 1964- author.
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| Title Statement |
The foursome : a novel / Christina Baker Kline.
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| Edition Statement |
First Mariner large print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Mariner Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
546 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"When Eng and Chang Bunker arrive in Wilkes County in 1839, they're not just a curiosity -- they're a sensation. Everyone is eager to learn whether the salacious rumors about them are true. Within months, the twins have opened a general store, bought land, and begun building a plantation. Now, word has it, they're looking for wives -- and in a place that thrives on gossip and legacy, their ambitions set the community on edge. Sarah and Adelaide Yates, daughters of a once-prominent local family brought low by scandal, are drawn into their orbit. Bold, beautiful Adelaide sees in the twins' fame a chance to reclaim her future. Sarah, quiet and observant, isn't so sure. When the twins' lives become entangled with theirs, they must navigate loyalty, longing, and identity in a world where everything -- including race, class, and gender -- is rigidly defined. Spanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, The Foursome is both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-woman relationships Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sisters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Twin brothers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Interracial marriage Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Conjoined twins Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Wilkes County (N.C.) 19th century Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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