- Prostitition, Murder, Conduct of life, Mothers and daughters
Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Ruta Sepetys, Álvaro Abella Villar
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Maeva, Turtleback Books, Philomel Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780606343008
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Ruta Sepetys (Rūta Šepetys) is an internationally acclaimed author of historical fiction published in over fifty countries and thirty-six languages. Sepetys is considered a “crossover” novelist as her books are read by both students and adults worldwide. Her novels, Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy are both New York Times bestsellers and international bestsellers. Her latest novel, Salt to the Sea, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Her books have won or been shortlisted for over forty book prizes, are included on over twenty state reading lists, and are currently in development for film and television. Ruta is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee.
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