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Reviewed on October 9, 2020 | Fiction
It's Christmastime in the early 1960s, and 15-year-old Laura Ciardi is in crisis. Her father died in World War II, and the death of her beloved older brother in a plane crash led to her mother being institutionalized. Laura now lives in the attic of the Upper East Side home belonging to her paternal Italian grandparents, owners of a fine foods grocery store that's in financial trouble. She's just been kicked out of high school after ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




