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| Book: | That Night: A Novel |
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| Author: | Alice McDermott |
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| Publisher: | Dial Press Trade Paperback |
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Suburban Long Island in the 60s is the setting for this story of the binding love between a young couple, and the drastic actions they must take when she becomes pregnant. From the author of
The Bigamist’s Daughter.
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That Night
Craig Bolotin
A bittersweet look at first love through the eyes of Alice, a precocious 10-year-old. Set in 1961, the film compares Alice’s prosaic life to that of her glamorous, “fast” 16-year-old neighbor Sheryl.
