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From a fresh new voice with talent to burn comes this brash, bitter-sweet novel about Tracy Ellison, a young, middle-class teen coming of age in Philadelphia's ostentatious eighties.
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Classical in form, grave, effortless and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Omar Tyree
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 423
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, Mars Productions, Simon & Schuster
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780684829289
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“"Happy birthday toooo you. Happy birthday toooo you. Happy bir-r-r-th-day dear Tra-a-a-a-cy . . . Happy birthday toooo you," the crowd of sixteen children sang, helped along by some of the parents who were present.”
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