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A Crime in the Neighborhood
A Crime in the Neighborhood
Author: Suzanne Berne
An auspicious debut novel by a young writer who will remind readers of Anne Lamott and Anne TylerCrime in the Neighborhood centers on a headline event-- the molestation and murder of a twelve-year-old boy in a Washington, D.C., suburb. At the time of the murder, 1973, Marsha was nine years old and as an adult she still remembers that summer as a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140273328
ISBN-10: 0140273328
Publication Date: 5/6/1999
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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ilovedale3 avatar reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 524 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
An very interesting story. The main character is both sympathtic and exasperating (as 10 year old girls often are). The book really explores how rumors about a person can affect lives.
reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 412 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very well written story that takes place in the early 70's about a young girl in upheaval; her family falls apart at the same time that a particularly horrendous crime occurs to a boy who lives on her street. These separate events become intertwined in her mind. Definitely recommend this--especially good if you lived through this period as the politics, etc will resonate.
Phantene avatar reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 72 more book reviews
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This is an excellent book. A well written novel with a unique story. I recommend this one.
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reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 96 more book reviews
This was a very sad story, but I couldn't put it down.
phillyartlovesbooks avatar reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 59 more book reviews
This is an outstanding book and, I believe, a first novel for this writer. It is an example of how imagination can run wild and ruin an innocent person and also hurt the person who spread the rumor. It takes place during the Nixon years in Washington and reflects the paranoia of that administration.
GainesvilleGirl avatar reviewed A Crime in the Neighborhood on + 215 more book reviews
A novel that stirred me up a little and left me in a reflective mood after finishing it after two sitdowns.
It's not just about the horrendous crime that was perpetrated against a 12 year old boy, but also about the seventies era, what was going on in our country at the time, and what was going on in the mind of the ten year old girl whose voice we are hearing throughout. I was spellbound by it. I think many others would enjoy it too.


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