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“Nostalgic, richly textured. Sweetly evokes an innocent if hardscrabble lost age.” —Publishers Weekly Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and his spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandoned—again—by his father, a charming con artist. With no money and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anne-marie: Add a description of this character.
- Ben
- Mrs Kane
- Mrs Mcgivney
- Lorna
- Tonio
- Brigid Meehan
- Patrick Meehan
- Miss Lamonte
- Jean-luc
- Hitler
- Bette Davis
- Joseph
- Luke
- Edmond Lapointe
- Mrs Hanrahan
- Lawrence
- Troy
- Kato
- Maud
- Stetson
- Sister Mary-theresa
- Reggie
- Granville
- Mason
- Roosevelt
- Mr O'brien
Setting & Locations edit
- Albany
- North Pearl Street
- New England
- America
- California
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Wyoming
- Washington Park
- Poland
- New York City
- Hollywood
- Lake George Village
- Paris
- Fort Anne
- United States
- Japan
- Austria
- Charleston
- Czechoslovakia
- Blacktown
- Canada
- South Street
- Spain
- Our Lady Of Angels
- Ireland
- Vermont
- Onondaga
First Sentence edit
My sister, my mother and I sat in a row on the front stoop of 238 North Pearl Street, feeling overwhelmed and diminished by teh unfamiliar bustle of the big city.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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