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North River: A Novel

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ISBN-13: 9780316007993
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 06/04/2008
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

Pete Hamill is a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He is the author of 15 previous books including the bestselling novels Snow in August and Forever and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life. He writes a column for the New York Daily News and lives in New York City.

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Hometown:: New York, New York, and Cuernavaca, Mexico
Date of Birth:: 1935

Place of Birth:: Brooklyn, New York

Education:: Mexico City College, 1956-1957; Pratt Institute
Website:: http://www.petehamill.com

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One snowy New Year's Day, in the midst of the Great Depression, Dr. James Delaney—haunted by the slaughters of the Great War, and abandoned by his wife and daughter—returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness in Delaney begins to melt. Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget.

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