Only Children: A Novel (Abacus Books)

Only Children: A Novel (Abacus Books)

In the midst of the Great Depression, two families spend a holiday weekend togetherâ€”but while their daughters cement their friendship, their parents tear their marriages apartÂ

Dozing in the back seat of her fatherâ€™s car, Mary Ann Hubbard is the happiest eight-year-old in the country. Itâ€™s 1935, and she and her parents are going to spend Fourth of July weekend with her headmistress and the Zimmerns, whose daughter Lolly is Mary Annâ€™s best friend from school. While the two little girls frolic in the attic, endowing the rambling old house with wonder, creativity, and imagination, their parents are downstairs, mired in all the pleasure, pain, and occasional childishness of adulthood.
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As an affair threatens to tear the two families apart, Lolly and Mary Ann retreat farther into playtime. By the end of the weekend, the girls will begin to realize that becoming an adult and growing up can be two very different things.
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This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the authorâ€™s collection.
Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-11-13
Format Kindle eBook

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