Patty Dann guides us through the guerilla war between mother and daughter, through the minefields that lie between being a child and being an adult, in a voice not like any we?ve heard before.?John Sayles, director and novelist ?Moments of pure gold . . . Compelling and tender, touching and alive in her search to find some order in the chaos of her life.?The New York Times Book Review ?This is a really funny book about people trying to find something to hang onto in a world that keeps shifting under their feet. ?Patty Dann gives us a magnificent voice in the young Charlotte . . . At the same time, the young caretaker at the convent is inspiring some unsaintly thoughts . . .
With a convent just steps away from their home, this could be Charlotte?s chance to fulfill her dream of becoming a martyred Catholic saint?despite the fact that she?s Jewish. When they settle into a quiet New England town in 1963, the teenager yearns to stay put for once. a radiant debut.?The New York Times Book Review The inspiration for the cult-classic film starring Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci, and Cher, this novel is narrated by Charlotte Flax, a fourteen-year-old helplessly dragged by her mother from place to place, brief affair to brief affair. A teenager follows along as her mother moves from town to town?and man to man?in this coming-of-age novel: ?Both hilarious and tragic . . .
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