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DEBUT Actor and filmmaker Burns's coming-of-age novel introduces a narrator who dreads turning 13 at summer's end in 1970s Long Island. Kneeney fears change since his "jerk" teenage brother has long stopped wanting anything to do with their Irish Catholic family. He realizes he's growing up when he understands he's too old to do the things he used to with his mom, who loves going to work but turns melanc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More