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Welcome To Shirley (09 Edition)

by Kelly Mcmasters

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Shirley seemed to be doomed from the beginning. Founded by a Vaudevillian huckster who touted it as a seaside haven despite the sand bar that blocks access to the shore, the town has been plagued by one disaster after another—a UFO, a childhood cancer cluster, and a mysterious federal nuclear laboratory in nearby Brookhaven that leaked toxic nuclear and chemical waste into the aquifer from which the residents unknowingly drew their well water.

This is Kelly McMasters' account of growing up in a cursed town and loving it anyway, and of a girl's awakening to tragedy and to a sense of mission. Told in a deliciously engaging voice, Welcome to Shirley balances the bitter with the sweet, the funny with the infuriating, in an unforgettable story of working class Long Island.

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McMasters' account of growing up in a cursed town and loving it anyway is told in an engaging voice, balancing the bitter with the sweet, the funny with the infuriating, in a story of working class Long Island.

Synopsis:

In a down-and-out service town to the glittering Hamptons, a shadow falls over a girl's magical childhood

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About the Author

Kelly McMasters teaches creative writing at Columbia University and Pratt Institute and is the co-director of the KGB Nonfiction Reading Series in New York.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781586486983

Author:

Mcmasters, Kelly

Publisher:

PublicAffairs

Author:

McMasters, Kelly

Subject:

BIO026000

Subject:

Childhood Memoir

Subject:

Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic

Subject:

Personal Memoirs

Subject:

General Biography

Subject:

Biography-Childhood Memoir

Subject:

Biography - General

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Publication Date:

20090431

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

map

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.5 in 12.4 oz

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Product details 336 pages PublicAffairs - 0- English 9781586486983 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, McMasters' account of growing up in a cursed town and loving it anyway is told in an engaging voice, balancing the bitter with the sweet, the funny with the infuriating, in a story of working class Long Island.

"Synopsis" by Firebrand,

In a down-and-out service town to the glittering Hamptons, a shadow falls over a girl's magical childhood