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The Kingdom of Brooklyn

by Merrill Joan Gerber · 1955

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A ten-year chronicle of domestic violence and crisis, this novel recreates the pathology of one Brooklyn family in the mid-1940s and early 1950s, told through the voice of a young child.

Themes
dysfunctional familydysfunctional familyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
New YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 239 pages

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