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Palisades Park

Alan Brennert

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Palisades Park

Alan Brennert
2013
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Conflict of generationsDepressionsWorking class familiesFictionLarge type booksPalisades Amusement Park (N.J.)Fiction, coming of ageFiction, historical, generalNew jersey, fictionFiction, family life

With the same vivid storytelling that made Moloka'i a bookclub phenomenon and national bestseller, Alan Brennert takes us inside the lives of a family of dreamers within the legendary Palisades Amusement Park. Set during a time of upheaval in America, from the Great Depression to Pearl Harbor to the Civil Rights Movement, Palisades Park showcases Brennert's trademark brilliance at transforming historical events into irresistible fiction.

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