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- Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
- ISBN: 0805055800
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100331555
- Release Date: July 1, 1998
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #131756 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #15834 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #2683 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "A Crime in the Neighborhood" by Suzanne Berne to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "A Crime in the Neighborhood"Browse more products related to "Suzanne Berne"Review"Certainly the specifically literary pleasures of this book are many. But I think 'A Crime in the Neighborhood' feels familiar mainly because so much of it feels true. Although the cruelties that generations can inflict on each other may be freshly rendered here, we can all recognize them far too well." "...'A Crime in the Neighborhood' takes its time telling one girl's story, and in doing so paints a true, rich picture of the slow erosion of illusion that's at the heart of growing up....[T]he young Marsha and her mother are perfectly wrought, portrayed with all the tenderness and bitterness of mothers and daughters. And in her portrayal of a child's difficult progress through the minefield of disillusionment, Berne shows herself to be a writer of deep and delicate perception." Publisher's note1973: As her community focuses on the murder/molestation of a 12-year-old boy, it seems to young Marcia that everyone is committing some kind of crime: her father who has deserted them; her shoplifting siblings--even the president of the United States! An auspicious debut novel by a young writer who will remind readers of Anne Lamott and Anne Tyler. Crime in the Neighborhood centers on a headline event-- the molestation and murder of a twelve-year-old boy in a Washington, D.C., suburb. At the time of the murder, 1973, Marsha was nine years old and as an adult she still remembers that summer as a time when murder and her own family's upheaval were intertwined. Everyone, it seemed to Marsha at the time, was committing crimes. Her father deserted his family to take up with her mother's younger sister. Her teenage brother and sister were smoking and shoplifting, and her mother was "flirting" with Mr. Green, the new next-door neighbor. Even the president of the United States seemed to be a crook. But it is Marsha's own suspicions about who committed this crime that has the town up in arms and reveals what happens when fear runs wild. AnnotationIn the Washington, D.C. suburbs during the summer of Watergate, a young girl named Marsha, upset by her parents' divorce, thinks she has pieced together the clues to the murder of a neighborhood boy. If You Enjoy "A Crime in the Neighborhood (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "A Crime in the Neighborhood (Paperback)" by Suzanne Berne (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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