A Wider World: Portraits in an Adolescence
- ISBN-10
- 0060913797
- ISBN-13
- 9780060913793
- Category
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Kate Simon
Description
A poignant memoir of the immigrant experience, recalling with charm the flowering and fears of the author's adolescence in New York during the Depression. A beautifully written sequel to the popular Bronx Primitive.
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