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Farnum Street: Anecdotes from the Depression

by Illustrated by Wendy Lauzon

263 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-1257; ISBN 1-4120-3429-9; US$21.95, C$28.00, EUR18.20, £12.61

An alcoholic father with too many kids and never enough money or food describes the French-Canadian family that survived the Great Depression.

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About the Book Go back to a time of innocence and read about this Canadian French family that lived through the Great Depression with too many kids and an alcoholic father. Meet Memere Larose who helped to keep the family fed and told fortunes by tea leaves. Read of the humor and practical jokes that were sustaining factors in their survival. Picture some of the characters that were part of the ''Society'' in the little town of Blackstone, i.e.: Lukie and Billy C., along with some of the events that took place, such as the Horribles Parade and the ''Bonfires'' on the night before the Fourth of July. You are sure to have a laugh or two and perhaps shed a tear, but you will most likely remember this book for awhile.

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About the Author

Faith Gaudet was the ninth of eleven children born to William and Rosanna Longtin. She attended a Catholic elementary school in Blackstone, MA, as well as the local high school. She returned to college later in life where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. She is the mother of five children and now resides with her husband in Rhode Island.

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