1933 Was a Bad Year
HarperCollins · Paperback · June 1, 2002
Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, under pressure from his father to go into the family business, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfill his own dreams.
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- Who it’s for
- A close-up of youthful ambition, family expectations, and life in a struggling town in 1933.
- Themes
- Family expectations, Poverty, Pursuit of personal dreams
- Genres
- Coming-of-Age, 20th-Century Historical Fiction, The Classics
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Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, under pressure from his father to go into the family business, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfill his own dreams.
Dreams Under Pressure
A close-up of youthful ambition, family expectations, and life in a struggling town in 1933.
Come here for
- The tension between family duty and private dreams
- A young person's longing for a life beyond familiar limits
Expect
- A small-town setting marked by poverty
- A seventeen-year-old facing pressure to join the family business
Where it sits
| Coming-of-Age | 79% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 41% |
| 20th-Century Historical Fiction | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Plays
- Short Story Anthologies
- The Classics
- Historical Fiction
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- 20th-Century Historical Fiction
- 20th-Century Historical Romance
- Sports Romance
- American Historical Romance
- Authors
- John Fante
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 1, 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Family expectations · Poverty · Pursuit of personal dreams
- Reading lane
- American Plays