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1) Divisadero
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It is the 1970s in Northern California. A farmer and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work the land with the help of Coop, the enigmatic young man who lives with them. Theirs is a makeshift family, until they are riven by an incident of violence - of both hand and heart - that sets fire to the rest of their lives'. This is a story of possession and loss, about the often discordant demands of family, love, and memory. Written in the...
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the early 1950s, a boy boards a huge liner bound for England. Placed at the lowly Cat's Table for mealtimes, the youngster encounters an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure and delicious discovery to another.