Half a Life
Jill Ciment. Anchor Books, $15 (220pp) ISBN 978-0-385-48891-4
In a starred review, PW called this memoir of a scrappy, fatherless childhood ""honest and engaging."" (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/18/1997
Genre: Nonfiction
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