Seventh Heaven
by:
Alice Hoffman (author)
During the summer of 1959, the residents of a sleepy Long Island neighbourhood go about their suburban lives. Then Nora Silk moves in and unsettles a world carefully underpinned by two unspoken rules: mind your own business and keep up your lawn.
During the summer of 1959, the residents of a sleepy Long Island neighbourhood go about their suburban lives. Then Nora Silk moves in and unsettles a world carefully underpinned by two unspoken rules: mind your own business and keep up your lawn.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853812637 (1853812633)
Publish date: April 9th 1992
Publisher: Virago Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
1991, January 12016, January 5In the 25 years since I first read this, I confess I'd gotten a little vague on the details. Long Island suburban witch, I recalled correctly, but the two boys had become two girls in my mind, probably conflated with the movie Mermaids. I thought there was a lot more ma...
Seventh Heaven is far from a seventh heaven. In late 1950s' suburban America it's all important that whatever you do, you do not stand out. People living in houses that all look the same, acting the same. When Nora Silk moves in, a recently divorced mother-of-two she's looked upon with the greatest ...
1991, January 12016, January 5In the 25 years since I first read this, I confess I'd gotten a little vague on the details. Long Island suburban witch, I recalled correctly, but the two boys had become two girls in my mind, probably conflated with the movie Mermaids. I thought there was a lot more ma...
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