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Autobiography of the Lower East Side
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Start date
August 1, 2024
Finish date
August 31, 2024
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For Benin I have chosen a collection of short stories. Hopefully this is more successful than the last 2 …more

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Elise
Sep 19, 2024 rated it really liked it
I chose this book for my read the world series for Benin and I loved it! Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective but all of the characters live or are part of the Lower East Side in the late 1950s. It was interesting to see the characters show up in each other's chapters. There was a wide range of topics and characters coming from different backgrounds.

We start with Nusa who is an immigrant from Africa who moved with her son into an apartment so her husband can study on th
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