Name: Lying Low
Author: Diane Johnson
ISBN: 9780671830199

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A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the events of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, "lying low" and harboring secrets not meant to be shared. Theo Wait, a middle-aged former ballet dancer, and her brother, Anton, have taken in two boarders: beautiful Lynn, who never receives mail or visitors; and energetic and effusive Ouida, a Brazilian student and illegal alien who won't let complicated bureaucratic wrangles and constant fear of deportation taint her vision of America as the land of opportunity.

A faked identity, a search for one of the FBI's most wanted escaped prison convicts, and a Brazilian feast that spins out of control kick the plot into high gear. While each of these characters has been plagued by a sense of impending disaster, the terrible thing they've all been fearing comes from an entirely unexpected direction, shattering all of their lives.

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Author Diane Johnson

Published Apr 1980

Main Genre General Fiction

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First Edition Apr 1980 Pocket ISBN 0671830198

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Jun 1983 Vintage ISBN 0394713761

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Jun 1988 Fawcett ISBN 0449215598

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May 1998 Plume ISBN 0452279453

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May 1998 Penguin ISBN 161683496X

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Jan 1978 Knopf ISBN 0394498909

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