One true thing

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About this book

A New York psychiatrist recounts her mother's death for which she was arrested. At the time, Dr. Ellen Gulden was accused of killing her mother with an overdose of morphine, a charge in part based on a high school essay in which she advocated euthanasia. By the author of Object Lessons.

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4.0/5 · 40587 readers · 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read One true thing?

About ≈ 5 h 38 m — 304 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mOne true thing~5 h 38 m

How many pages is One true thing?

304 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320One true thing304

What genre is One true thing?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is One true thing in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote One true thing?

Anna Quindlen.

“I remember that the last completely normal day we ever had in our lives, my brothers and I, was an ordinary day much like this one, a muggy August-into-September weekday, the sky low and gray over Langhorne, clouds as flat as an old comforter hanging between the two slight ridges that edged the town.”