suburban life

Laurie Lico Albanese recounts her childhood in a typical blue-collar neighborhood and describes how she escaped the cycle that almost destroyed her parents' lives. Presented in free verse form.

Presents a collection of true stories of how the G.I. Bill transformed the lives of returning servicemen and women after World War II, and how the country ultimately changed during the post-depression years.

At home, in the condo, or at school with his friends, Tony tries to be a winner. He hopes his special creation will win at the Fall Festival.

Tony's family moves into a condo in the suburbs. Now he finds living there can be a lot of fun.

The mysteries of friendship, sex, and his parents' marriage are revealed to twelve-year-old Timmy as he comes of age in Connecticut during the summer of 1974.

After his mother's boyfriend crosses the line, Benji flees his home, leaving behind everything he has known to live with his father in Portland, where he realizes he cannot run from his problems and must face them like a man.

Frank and April Wheeler become dissolutioned with their mediocre lives and decide to move to France in order to develop their true artistic sensibilities.

Tom Rath, having returned from World War II to settle down with his wife and children in their nice New York home, finds himself feeling discontented with himself and his job, and when he encounters a man from his past, he must make an important decision about how to go forward with his life.

Jacob Green, an adolescent boy with an over-active imagination, learns about life, love, religion, sex, and growing up from his brother and his nanny.