Object lessons

Description:

It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having.

subjects: Fiction,  Girls,  Coming of age,  Families,  Irish americans, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Large type books,  General fiction,  Fiction, coming of age,  Fiction, family life, general,  Young women, fiction,  Family growth

Places: New York (N.Y.)