Gardenias
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: August 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781571310521
Subjects: American Historical Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Historical - General; Fiction / Literary; California; Mothers and daughters; San Diego; Women; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: SINCE THE CITY OF Los ANGELES wouldn't take us all the way to San Diegowhere Mama was dragging me and Aunt Bettyafter a night resting up at Mrs. Healy's boarding house in L.A. we climbed on another train for the last leg of the journey.