The Boston Girl
eBook - ePub

The Boston Girl

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Boston Girl

About this book

When Addie Baum's 22-year old granddaughter asks her about her childhood, Addie realises the moment has come to relive the full history that shaped her. Addie Baum was a Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant Jewish parents who lived a very modest life. But Addie's intelligence and curiosity propelled her to a more modern path. Addie wanted to finish high school and to go to college. She wanted a career, to find true love. She wanted to escape the confines of her family. And she did.Told against the backdrop of World War I, and written with the same immense emotional impact that has made Diamant's previous novels bestsellers, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman's complicated life in the early 20th Century, and a window into the lives of all women seeking to understand the world around them.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780857208903
eBook ISBN
9781471143342
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Also by Anita Diamant
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication page
  7. Contents
  8. | 1985 |
  9. Nobody told you?
  10. | 1915ā€“16 |
  11. Thatā€™s where I started to be my own person.
  12. Three cheers for Addie Baum.
  13. What are friends for?
  14. You have a good eye.
  15. Like nothing I could actually touch.
  16. You must be the smart one.
  17. Mazel tov.
  18. This daughter of yours is a firecracker.
  19. Maybe I wouldnā€™t be a wallflower after all.
  20. We got a suffragette in the family.
  21. I thought I was in love.
  22. It was my fault.
  23. | 1917ā€“18 |
  24. It was like waking up from a bad dream.
  25. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  26. I figure God created Margaret Sanger, too.
  27. You may kiss the bride.
  28. You knowā€”living life.
  29. How do you go on after that?
  30. | 1919ā€“20 |
  31. I was still gun-shy about men.
  32. I thought he was sweet and that I was sweet on him.
  33. | 1922ā€“24 |
  34. If I wasnā€™t so busy, I would have felt sorry for myself.
  35. A girl should always have her own money.
  36. Itā€™s not your problem, Addie.
  37. By Addie Baum.
  38. My jaw hurt from keeping quiet.
  39. It made me feel like a real Boston girl.
  40. | 1925ā€“26 |
  41. Nice turn of phrase.
  42. Never apologize for being smart.
  43. Luck. Iā€™m telling you.
  44. I say so.
  45. At least she didnā€™t suffer.
  46. I have no choice, Addie.
  47. This is Auntie Addieā€™s fella.
  48. Whatā€™s his name?
  49. Look at me, Iā€™m becoming a Metsky!
  50. My world got very small.
  51. | 1927 |
  52. All I felt was pain.
  53. Life is more important than death.
  54. You never looked at me with anything but love.
  55. Donā€™t let anyone tell you things arenā€™t better than they used to be.
  56. Youā€™re that Addie, arenā€™t you?
  57. | 1931 . . . |
  58. Some of the best years of my life.
  59. Old friends are the best.
  60. I still miss him like crazy.
  61. | 1985 |
  62. Now thereā€™s something to look forward to.
  63. Acknowledgments