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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 46 Ratings and 46 Reviews

Book Description
It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surfing the real estate listings, searching for a sanctuary-a nice farmhouse in Kansas, perhaps. Although James lives in twenty-first-century Manhattan, he's more at home in the faraway worlds of Eric Rohmer or Anthony Trollope-or his favorite writer, the obscure and tragic Denton Welch. James's sense of... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (10 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages240
ISBN-10B001QCXF4O
Publication Date09/18/2007
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About Peter Cameron (Author) : Peter Cameron is a published author of young adult books. A published credit of Peter Cameron is Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You.
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8/30/2010 Nicole Green tagged as: I recommend, I read

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7/13/2009 Lisa Jahn-Clough said: Loved this book! Sweet, intelligently written, witty and thoughtful it covers a week in the life of a highschool graduate who is searching for himself.
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11/26/2008 Lynndy Bennett tagged as: I recommend, I read

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2/23/2008 Brian Mandabach said: I just finished this book--just a few minutes ago. Wow. Incredible. I can't say more yet.

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