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Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood

by Kate Simon · 1982

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The classic, unforgettable memoir of a young girl's coming of age, "Bronx Primitive" recalls the vitality of an immigrant neighborhood through the unsentimental eyes of a child. With an unerring eye for detail and an iridescent, clear-eyed prose, Kate Simon captures the particular world of her childhood as well as the universal uncertainties and triumphs of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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immigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of thisJewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
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New YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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