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135 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-374-33057-3$$16.00
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4-6
In this story set ten years after the end of World War II, Junior's father, a decorated veteran, is still emotionally scarred and angry, mistreating his family and Junior's best friend, a polio victim. The reconciliation of father and son is abrupt and the book's climax seems more convenient than credible; nevertheless, the depiction of a New England mill town in the mid-fifties is laudable.