| To Frances， an only child living in McCarthy-era Brooklyn， her mother， Hilda， and her aunt Pearl seem as if they have always been friends. Frances does not question the love between the two women until her father s job as a teacher is threatened by anti-Communism， just as Frances begins to learn about her family s past. Why does Hilda refer to her "first pregnancy，" as if Frances wasn t her only child? Whose baby shoes are hidden in Hilda s dresser drawer? Why is there tension when Pearl and her husband come to visit?The story of a young girl in the fifties and her elders coming-of-age in the unquiet thirties， this book resonates deeply， revealing in beautiful， clear language the complexities of friendship and loss. |
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