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Covering familiar ground, Block revisits dying-artist-father/starving-daughter territory and comes up with an involving coming-of-age romance. Those not seriously addicted to her stories may find this latest novel delivers too pure a dose of her distinctive themes, characters, conflicts, and stylistic hooks; devoted and insatiable junkies, however, will enjoy the rush.