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One snowy New Year's Day, in the midst of the Great Depression, Dr. James Delaney--haunted by the slaughters of the Great War, and abandoned by his wife and daughter--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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This was a very simple story, not action-packed, but full of heart. The main characters have depth and substance, a decency and goodness that makes them real and far more complex than I first thought they would be. New York City of the 1930's also comes alive, revealing both the squalor of the Depression and the pervading sense of community and home that the characters know there.
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