Anywhere but Here

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Anywhere but Here is a 1986 coming-of-age novel by Mona Simpson that follows a restless mother and her precocious daughter as they leave the Midwest for California in search of a better life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age novel
novel
adaptation Anywhere but Here (1999 film)
author Mona Simpson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
debutWorkOf Mona Simpson
follows a mother and daughter leaving the Midwest for California
genre coming-of-age fiction
literary fiction
hasFilmAdaptationDirector Wayne Wang
hasFilmAdaptationStar Natalie Portman
Susan Sarandon
hasISBN 0-394-54972-4
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Adele August
Ann August
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Ann August
originalLanguage English
protagonistRelationship mother and daughter
publicationYear 1986
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
settingLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Midwestern United States
surface form: Midwest, United States
theme class and aspiration
identity
mother-daughter relationship
restlessness
search for a better life

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Mona Simpson notableWork Anywhere but Here
The Lost Father followsWorkBySameAuthor Anywhere but Here
this entity surface form: Anywhere But Here
Anywhere but Here (1999 film) title Anywhere but Here
Anywhere but Here (1999 film) basedOn Anywhere but Here
this entity surface form: Anywhere but Here (novel)
Wayne Wang notableWork Anywhere but Here
this entity surface form: Anywhere But Here
Wayne Wang directed Anywhere but Here
this entity surface form: Anywhere But Here