The Double Bind
- ISBN-10
- 1400031664
- ISBN-13
- 9781400031665
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 395
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Chris Bohjalian
Description
Working at a homeless shelter, Laurel Estabrook encounters Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of secret photos, but when Bobbie dies suddenly, Laurel embarks on an obsessive search for the truth behind the photos.
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