Description |
355 pages ;; 24 cm |
Series |
Sheldon Horowitz ;; 0.5 |
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Sheldon Horowitz ;; 0.5.
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Note |
"A Sheldon Horowitz novel."; |
Summary |
"A coming-of-age story set during the rising tide of World War II, How to Find Your Way in the Dark follows Sheldon Horowitz from his humble start in a cabin in rural Massachusetts, through the trauma of his father's murder and the murky experience of assimilation in Hartford, Connecticut, to the birth of stand-up comedy in the Catskills--all while he and his friends are beset by anti-Semitic neighbors, employers, and criminals";-- Provided by publisher |
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1938. Twelve-year old Sheldon Horowitz is still recovering from the tragic loss of his mother only a year ago when a suspicious traffic accident steals the life of his father near their home in rural Massachusetts. Sheldon, who was in the truck, emerges from the crash an orphan hell-bent on revenge. He embarks on a new life under the roof of his buttoned-up Uncle Nate in Hartford. Sheldon, his teenage cousins Abe and Mirabelle, and his best friend, Lenny, will contend with tradition and orthodoxy, appeasement and patriotism, mafia hit-men and angry accordion players, all while World War II takes center stage alongside a hurricane in New England and comedians in the Catskills. -- adapted from jacket |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. Tragedy -- II. Comedy -- III. This Life. |
Subject |
Murder -- Fiction.
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Stand-up comedy -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Antisemitism -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Fiction.
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Revenge -- Fiction.
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Hartford (Conn.) -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Historical / World War II.
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FICTION / Crime.
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FICTION / Jewish.
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Antisemitism. (OCoLC)fst00810769
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Children of murder victims. (OCoLC)fst00855464
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Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
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Revenge. (OCoLC)fst01096476
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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Genre/Form |
Bildungromans.
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Bildungsromans. (OCoLC)fst01726536
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Bildungsromans.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Miller, Derek B. How to find your way in the dark. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021 9780358270096 (DLC) 2020057652 |
ISBN |
9780358269601 (hardcover) |
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0358269601 (hardcover) |
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9780358450498 (paperback) |
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0358450497 (paperback) |
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9780358450337 (audiobook) |
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9780358270096 (electronic book) |
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