- New York Times Bestseller, Fiction, Social life and customs, New York Times reviewed
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Jeannette Walls, Jeanette walls
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Klett Ernst /Schulbuch, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781606868669
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Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she graduated with honors from Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University.
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