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DON'T YA KNOW is my first novel. It is a tale of wonder and whimsy that takes place during the turbulence and transition of the 1900s on a small island off the coast of Long Island, NY.

I grew up in Manhasset, a Long Island town loved by all who shared its early decades during the expansion of Long Island's North Shore. My published stories are memoirs of my years spent there in two gift-sized volumes - MANHASSET STORIES.

I am a retired high school English teacher who has been a published, freelance writer since the mid80s. My essays about Manhasset have appeared in the New York Times, Long Island Woman, and many other magazines and newspapers, earning both New York and Long Island Press Association awards. My fiction appears in the Copperfil ...more

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	MANHASSET STORIES: A Baby Boomer Looks Back by Suzanne McLain Rosenwasser (Goodreads Author), Christopher McLain (Photographer) 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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US Census files for my maternal grandparents recorded their arrival dates as 1890 for James Joseph O’Neill and 1891 for Ismy Letitia Kelly. However, combing passenger lists for steamers leaving Liverpool for New York in those years led me nowhere. I looked for many iterations of their names, also scrolling through the arrival records for Castle Garden and Ellis Island. I came up with nothing. But

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