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The Christening Party

Francis Steegmuller

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#3257 of 8,085 books · #1604 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction (1961).

Grandson recounts his observations, as a 7-year-old, on the family reunion on the day of his new sister's christening. Set in a Connecticut resort town at the turn of the century.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Family reunionChildhood memoryComing of age

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