The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel

Legendary writer Trevanian brings readers his most personal novel yet: a funny, deeply felt, often touching coming-of-age novel set in 1930s America.

Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and his spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandonedâ€”againâ€”by his father, a charming con artist. With no money and nowhere else to go, the LaPointes create a fragile nest in a tenement building at 238 North Pearl Street in Albany, New York.

For the next eight years, through the Great Depression and Second World War, they live in the heart of the Irish slum, surrounded by ward heelers, unemployment, and grinding poverty. Pearl Street is also home to a variety of â€œcrazyladiesâ€: Miss Cox, the feared and ridiculed teacher who ignites Jean-Lucâ€™s imagination; Mrs. Kane, who runs a beauty parlor/fortune-telling salon in the back of her husbandâ€™s grocery store; Mrs. Meehan, the desperate, harried matriarch of a thuggish family across the street; lonely Mrs. McGivney, who spends every day tending to her catatonic husband, a veteran of the Great War; and Jean-Lucâ€™s own unconventional, vivacious mother. Colorful though it is, Jean-Luc never stops dreaming of a way out of the slum, and his motherâ€™s impossible expectations are both his driving force and his burden.

As legendary writer Trevanian lovingly re-creates the neighborhood of his youth in this funny, deeply moving coming-of-age novel, he also paints a vivid portrait of a neighborhood, a city, a nation in turmoil, and the people waiting for a better life to begin. Itâ€™s a heartfelt and unforgettable look back at one childâ€™s life in the 1930s and â€™40s, a story that will be remembered long after the last page is turned.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400080373
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2006-06-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400080373

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781400080373
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2006-06-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400080373

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel

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