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Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Martha Calhoun runs away from her home in Katydid, Illinois after a misunderstood incident with the nine-year-old boy she was babysitting and discovers a great deal about herself while on the road with a boy she does not even like
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In the 1950s, in Katydid, Ill., a sexual impropriety committed while babysitting turns 16-year-old Martha's life upside down. "Babcock, a fine writer with an unsparing eye for detail and an acute ear for speech patterns, makes both the simplicity and the narrowness of small-town life come alive with this humorous, rueful and thoughtful novel," praised PW .
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0394565428
- ISBN 13 9780394565422
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages310
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