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 autobiographical novel destined to become a classic American coming-of-age story.

The place is Albany, New York. The year is 1936. Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and their spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandonedâ€”againâ€”by his father, a charmer and a con artist. With no money and no family willing to take them in, the LaPointes manage to create a fragile nest at 238 North Pearl Street. For the next eight years, through the Great Depression and Second World War, they live in the heart of the Irish slum, with its ward heelers, unemployment, and grinding poverty. As Jean-Luc discovers, itâ€™s a neighborhood of â€œcrazyladiesâ€: Miss Cox, the feared and ridiculed teacher who ignites his 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.

Jean-Luc is a voracious reader who never stops dreaming of a way out of the slum. He gradually takes on responsibility for the familyâ€™s survival with a mix of bravery and resentment while his mom turns from spells of illness and depression to eager planning for the day when â€œour ship will come in.â€ 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.

Look for these Trevanian classics from Three Rivers Press: Shibumi, The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, The Summer of Katya, and The Main.
Country USA
Brand Audible
Manufacturer Random House Audio
Binding Audible Audiobook
Format Unabridged
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Audible
Manufacturer	Random House Audio
Binding	Audible Audiobook
Format	Unabridged
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel

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