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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
In the late 1950s, life in the Big Easy was anything but easy. And that goes especially for young Josie Moraine, seventeen-year-old daughter of a narcissistic prostitute. Josie lives alone and works in a bookstore; searches for the father she never knew; and hopes to be able to leave New Orleans and make it on her own. Trying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps sounds like the American dream, but for ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Older Fiction
In the late 1950s, Josie, seventeen-year-old daughter of a prostitute, searches for her father and hopes to leave New...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2013
A fast-paced story with many intertwined plot threads and continually raised stakes. The convincing portrait of New Orleans makes it easy to picture Josie, an innocent teenager caught up in smut and scandal, navigating the city’s streets. Strong writing and Josie’s c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
