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Palisades Park

by Alan Brennert

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Conflict of generationsDepressionsWorking class familiesFictionFiction, coming of ageFiction, historicalNew jersey, fiction

Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's eventual closing in 1971.

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Book data: Open Library