Two great books to read in pairs - Palisades Park and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. They are during the same era. One story is in Washington State and the other in New Jersey.
Thanks! I was just thinking it would be fun to read a pair of books and then compare. I just finished a couple of Alice Hoffman novels and found it interesting.
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