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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.
Little, Brown and Company
June 2007
On Sale: June 11, 2007
Featuring: Dr. James Delaney; Rose
341 pages
ISBN: 0316340588
EAN: 9780316340588
Hardcover
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It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the
Great Depression. With enormous compassion, Dr. James
Delaney tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who
include gangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and
housewives. If they can't pay, he treats them anyway. But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, haunted by
the slaughters of the Great War. His only daughter has left
for Mexico, and his wife Molly vanished months before,
leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead. Then, on a
snowy New Year's Day, the doctor 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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