num_pages: 135
description: Kathleen Hennessy, an attentive, overworked nurse's aide whose childhood had been shattered by abuse, divorce, and murder, hides an intense fury and an indifference to evil under a mask of sweetness and passivity
language: English
title: Rise of Life on Earth
titlecomplete: Rise of Life on Earth
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Psychology, Female Authors, Literature, Novels, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 446
publisher: New Directions