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With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his... read more
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- Henny
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- Hassie
- Saul Pilgrim
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- Tommy
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- Hazel
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- Louisa
- Clare
- Ernest
- Naden
- David Collyer
- Bert
- Dan
- Archie
- Bonniferous
- Barry
- Isabel
- Beulah
- Ambrose
- Nellie
- Lennie
- Rachel
- Charles
- Angela
- Ebby
- Mrs. Pol
- Little-womey
- Taddy
- Jack
- Auntie Jo
- Mareta
- Old Ellen
- Old David
- Essie
- Gillian
- Grandpa
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ALL THE June Saturday afternoon Sam Pollit's children were on the lookout for him as they skated round the dirt sidewalks and seamed old asphalt of R Street and Reservoir Road that bounded the deep-grassed acres of Tohoga House, their home.
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This book is in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
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Publication Date: 1940
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- Dewey: 823.912
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