Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalcrimewarunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeRealistic and stirring: a weighty novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
"Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men.
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- Author
- Jennifer Egan
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 512
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- Open Library
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