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Virgin Snow

Format: Paperback

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The truth does not always set you free....

At 13, Cosi McCarthy wants what every girl in Buffalo wants in the 1960s-to become a happy wife and loving mother. But that dream collapses when her father dies, ugly family secrets emerge, and her widowed mother is trapped in the double standards of a patriarchal culture and impoverished by the city's failing economy. Swept up in the idealism of youth, Cosi soon learns how hard it is to save the world, and that love is easy to mistake when you have no idea what it looks like.

"From the highly charged opening scene of young Cosi slipping into her dying father's bedroom to the irreverent humor that classifies a handy crucifix and candles as "An emergency kit, of sorts, for Catholics on their last legs," Moxie Gardiner asserts her writing chops in this coming-of-age story of a girl growing up in Buffalo, New York. Cosi's heart-rending experiences spring from her desperate efforts to define herself in a culture that expects certain willing sacrifices. Polished by Gardiner's love for her hometown, Virgin Snow shines. Keep tissues handy."
--Ginny Fite, award-winning author of The Physics of Things

Genre: History, United States
Format: Paperback
Published: 2023
Pages: 300
Publisher: NFB Publishing
ISBN: 9781953610881

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Our conditions mean the following:

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  • Poor Condition - Usually this will have a specific problem such as writing inside, water damage, missing dust jacket, heavy staining, large creases or cuts. These are readable copies but not nice ones. On other websites this condition is called 'Acceptable' or 'Fair' , but we want to be more honest.
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