Brash and fearless Bridie, and shy and sensitive Finn are as compatible as oil and water, but they meet as youngsters at the beginning of WWII and it’s the start of a comic/tragic love affair. Their world is alive with memorable characters: Bridie’s charming alcoholic father, an albino kid who lives in a brothel, Catholic Finn’s proxy Jewish grandparents, and his mother who loses her grip on reality. It’s a story that critics have compared to A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN and TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD.

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