num_pages: 224
description: Mary Cantwell, an editor and a popular columnist for The New York Times, recalls her childhood in the small seaside town of Bristol, Rhode Island, during the 1940's and 50's. Here, too, is the story of a small town girl who loved her home, but felt drawn to a wider world.
language: English
title: American Girl: Scenes from a Small-Town Childhood
titlecomplete: American Girl: Scenes from a Small-Town Childhood
genres: Biography Memoir, Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 100
publisher: Penguin Books