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Crossing California

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Jun 2004
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General Fiction General Fiction
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Crossing California is a cinematic and unforgettable look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties.

California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This funny and heartbreaking novel, which spans the Iran hostage crisis through the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, tells the story of three families and their teenage children living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history.

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May 2005 Riverhead ISBN 1594480818
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First Edition Jun 2004 Riverhead ISBN 1573222747
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May 2005 Penguin ISBN 1440628297
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May 2005 Riverhead ISBN B001NHNG3W
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