In the country of Queens

Description:

In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.

subjects: Fiction,  Bashfulness,  Death,  Family life,  History,  Children's fiction,  Bashfulness, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Death, fiction,  Bashfulness -- Fiction,  Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction,  Death -- Fiction,  Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

Places: New York (State),  New York,  Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Times: 20th century