FICTION; The month that went missing; A young woman from a repressed New England family who went missing for a month in her adolescence is confronted with reminders of that mysterious time.(ENTERTAINMENT) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: October 29, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Brad Zellar

Special to the Star Tribune

In Heidi Julavits' second novel, "The Effect of Living Backwards," one of two sisters trapped aboard a hijacked airplane says, "I decided to make everything that happened to me appear as if I'd engineered it."

That's a claim that Mary Veal, the central character in "The Uses of Enchantment," might make as well, although she's not likely to utter it aloud. Raised in a repressed New England family, Mary was a 16-year-old student at an exclusive prep school when she disappeared on Nov. 7, 1985. She resurfaced a month ...

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