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First edition. |
Description |
210 pages ; 25 cm |
Summary |
Domenica Ruta grew up in a working-class, unforgiving town north of Boston, in a trash-filled house on a dead-end road surrounded by a river and a salt marsh. Her mother, Kathi, a notorious local figure, was a drug addict and sometimes dealer whose life swung between welfare and riches. And yet she managed, despite the chaos she created, to instill in her daughter a love of stories. Despite the fact that there was not a book to be found in her household, Domenica developed a love of reading, which helped her believe that she could transcend this life of undying grudges, self-inflicted misfortune, and the crooked moral code that Kathi and her cohorts lived by. |
Subject |
Ruta, Domenica.
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Children of drug addicts -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Drug addicts -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780812993240 |
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0812993241 |
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