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Harry Danced Divinely: Giffort Street Stories
ISBN-13: 9780988607668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 246 str.
There were some things Lillian Levinson couldn't say, even to herself.In this charming collection of interrelated short stories, neighbors who live on the same street reappear from story to story. You'll meet the Whittakers, who are unaware of how their trusted nanny is shaping their daughters' lives; Dale Kenway, a decent young man who is uncomfortable being treated like a hero when he is awarded a medal after being wounded in the Korean War; Adele and Stan Heussler, whose bedroom furniture nearly destroys their marriage; the Danahys, who are fighting the Vietnam War in their living room; and Saul Penner, who realizes that the first neighbor he meets after he moves in is a bigot. In the title story, Harry Danced Divinely, the lack of a tea bag makes an elderly woman decide to teach her spoiled adult son who controls her money a shocking public lesson.
There were some things Lillian Levinson couldnt say, even to herself.In the collected Giffort Street stories, youll enter seven gracious homes on an elm-lined street. Youll meet self-absorbed parents who are unaware of how their trusted nanny is shaping their daughters lives, a decent young man uncomfortable being treated like a hero, a couple whose bedroom furniture nearly destroys their marriage, a man who realizes that the first neighbor he meets after he moves in is a bigot, and a family fighting the Vietnam War in their living room. In the title story, Harry Danced Divinely, the lack of a tea bag makes an elderly Jewish woman decide to teach her spoiled adult son a shocking public lesson. The stories Harry Danced Divinely, An Authentic Hero, Neighbors, and The Queen Anne Bedroom Set are exclusive to this book.
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