Under the Egg
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780142427651 (0142427659)
ASIN: 0142427659
Publish date: 2015-05-26
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
It took me a while to get into this book. It was different than what I expected. I found the ending unsatisfying, and even though the story is set in present day it felt like it was taking place in the past (1960s maybe?). As I read the book it became clear why the book couldn't be set in the pas...
Theodora (Theo) Tenpenny's grandfather, a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a painter, has recently died. This leaves Theo to care for her reclusive, eccentric mother and their ramshackle New York City home with only $463. Her only hope of not losing her home, and ending up in f...