''Dale Loves Sophie to Death'' (April
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
) is the
debut novel
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of
American author
Robb Forman Dew.
It won the 1982
National Book Award
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The Nat ...
in the
category First Novel.
["National Book Awards – 1982"]
National Book Foundation
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. Retrieved 2012-02-28. (With essay by Harold Augenbraum from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
• First novels or first works of fiction were recognized from 1980 to 1985.
It's a domestic story that takes places over the course of several weeks in the 1970s in Ohio and Massachusetts. The novel is notable for its realistic portrayal of children/adult relationships.
References
External links
"First Time's A Charmer: Dew's 'Dale'" Jonathan Yardley
Jonathan Yardley (born October 27, 1939) was the book critic at ''The Washington Post'' from 1981 to December 2014, and held the same post from 1978 to 1981 at the ''Washington Star''. In 1981, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
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The Washington Post
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'', Saturday, October 25, 2008; Page C01
1981 novels
Novels set in Ohio
Novels set in Massachusetts
National Book Award-winning works
1981 debut novels
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