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Josie is nothing like her mother, but it's a daily struggle to make sure everyone else in New Orleans knows that. Josie's mother is a prostitute who works for the infamous Willie Woodley; or, she did, until Josie's mother ran away to California with a no good trick named Cincinnati.
Josie's real family is the motley crew who make up her colorful world: Patrick and his father Charlie, who own Marlowe's bookshop where Josie lives and works; Willie and her driver Cokie, who help Josie to dream of b ...more
Josie's real family is the motley crew who make up her colorful world: Patrick and his father Charlie, who own Marlowe's bookshop where Josie lives and works; Willie and her driver Cokie, who help Josie to dream of b ...more
This was a book club selection. I don't normally read YA, but this was an enjoyable book and those in book club who read YA seemed to really like this. Out of the Easy is a glimpse into of the subculture of prostitution in 1950s New Orleans viewed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Josie. Some of the characters seemed like caricatures (such as her mother) and some of the scenarios silly (the whole interlude with Mr. Lockwell, Josie's density regarding her friend Patrick) but overall an easy
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This was a book club selection. I don't normally read YA, but this was an enjoyable book and those in book club who read YA seemed to really like this. Out of the Easy is a glimpse into of the subculture of prostitution in 1950s New Orleans viewed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Josie. Some of the characters seemed like caricatures (such as her mother) and some of the scenarios silly (the whole interlude with Mr. Lockwell, Josie's density regarding her friend Patrick) but overall an easy
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