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Ivy Books (1992), Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages
Description
Fiction. Literature. HTML:A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "Elaborate and playful...Honest and deeply felt....Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for the details of class and manners, [and] the ardent reading of domestic lives." -THE NEW YORK TIMES It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having....
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LibraryThing member dee_kohler
Enjoyed this other book by Quindlen about a family in trouble.
LibraryThing member bethlea
Good story of a young girl growing up in a family that does not completely accept her mother.
I am always amazed at the intensity some people feel about anyone who is considered an outsider.
I am always amazed at the intensity some people feel about anyone who is considered an outsider.
LibraryThing member bethlea
Couldn't believe (although I grew up hearing that irish and Italians don't mix) mostly because, Irish and Italians are all white; and even all Catholic! So what's the problem?
LibraryThing member snash
A story of a young girl growing up but more a story of the impact of a larger-than-life patriarch on the rest of the family.
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Original publication date
1991
Physical description
336 p.; 4.25 inches
ISBN
080410946X / 9780804109468