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This is a harrowing, compelling book about growing up in desperate poverty in rural Maine of the 1940s & early ‘50s. The father did the odd jobs amid hunting & stealing (& a time as a hated Constable) to get by. The mother beat on her son to vent her frustrations & ended life saying she hated her family. The book is raw & bleak, but matter-of-fact in tone. It‘s an unvarnished tale of grinding poverty & its harsh effects. It‘s an awakening.
Suet624 Gee whiz, that mother looks fearsome. 3y
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