Gibbon's decline and fall

465 pages

English language

Published Dec. 8, 1997 by Bantam.

ISBN:
978-0-553-57398-5
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OCLC Number:
37111379

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In 1959 a group of college freshmen bonded over making a very beautiful girl look ugly in order to help her avoid male attention. Part of her disguise was carrying Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The women call themselves the Decline and Fall Club.Now it is the year 2000. The group still gathers annually.Bettiann- A former beauty queen who became anorexic. She married a rich man and spends her time on charities.Ophy - She became a doctor in an inner city ER.Jessamine - She is a PhD who works with primate behavior.Faye - a famous sculptorCarolyn - a lawyer who is coming out of retirement to handle the case of a teenager who was gang raped, got pregnant, and is accused of murdering the resultant baby.Agnes - She always wanted to be a nun but was required to get …

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  • Fundamentalism
  • Fiction