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Author Fitzstephen, Owen, author.

Title The big man's daughter : a novel / Owen Fitzstephen.

Publication Info. Hoboken, New Jersey : Seventh Street Books, 2020.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-FITZSTEPHEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-FITZSTEPHEN    Check Shelf
Description 180 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary 18 year-old Rita Gaspereaux is suddenly "orphaned" when her con-artist father's illegal enterprise blows up around her. Alone and broke in San Francisco 1922, she must now navigate his criminal world, all the time haunted by tales of a black bird statuette reputed to possess otherworldly, wish-fulfilling powers. Rita has learned much from her father about the dark fringes of society. But has she learned enough? Fortunately, she is not without her own resources. What helps her most to cope with the greed, cruelty, and deceit around her is her almost obsessive reading of fiction, particularly the novel she possesses (and is possessed by) at the time of her father's death. This book-within-the-book, a source of escape and solace for the blossoming young con-artist, tells the story of another 18 year-old, a Dorothy G. from Kansas. The two young women couldn't be more different. But as the story proceeds their lives become entwined in unexpected ways. The haunting conclusion is breathtaking.
Subject Young women -- Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen twenties (OCoLC)fst01037835
Swindlers and swindling (OCoLC)fst01140414
Young women (OCoLC)fst01183301
California -- San Francisco (OCoLC)fst01204481
Genre/Form Detective and mystery fiction (OCoLC)fst01726581
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction (OCoLC)fst01726640
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
ISBN 1645060195 (paperback)
9781645060192 (paperback)
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