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Frank McCourt taught in the New York City public schools for twenty-seven years, the last seventeen of which were spent at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. After retiring from teaching, Frank and his brother, Malachy, ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
A Monk Swimming
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Tis
by Frank McCourt
Alice McDermott's eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in September 2017. Her seventh novel, Someone, 2013, was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the Dublin IMPAC Award, the ... (more)
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A Monk Swimming
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Charming Billy
by Alice McDermott
The Blind Light
by Stuart Evers
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