Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood

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Viking Press, 1982 - Biography & Autobiography - 179 pages
The classic, unforgettable memoir of a young girl's coming of age, "Bronx Primitive" recalls the vitality of an immigrant neighborhood through the unsentimental eyes of a child. With an unerring eye for detail and an iridescent, clear-eyed prose, Kate Simon captures the particular world of her childhood as well as the universal uncertainties and triumphs of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood.

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Lafontaine Near Tremont
1
Forebears
10
Voyage and Discovery
20
Copyright

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