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Title:

Object Lessons
 

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Genres:

Coming of Age

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1991-04-09 Random House  

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Blurb: 
It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is desperately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having....