Object lessons
By: Anna Quindlen.
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books trade ed.
Series: Ballantine reader's circle
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Girls -- Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having.