Child Of My Heart
Author: Alice McDermott
Fifteen is a year of clarity; you’re still one of the kids, but you’re finally beginning to unlock the mysteries of adult behavior. In her luminous novel Child of My Heart, Alice McDermott’s narrator is a 15-year-old girl who has two qualities that give her access to the secret lives of adults: she’s beautiful, and she looks after their children. Her beauty has already sha….Read More
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