Girls of Tender Age
Friday, January 13, 2006
In her new memoir, mystery writer Mary-Ann Tirone Smith describes the real-life murder of her 11-year-old classmate in 1953. Both girls were living in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, when a serial killer struck the neighborhood. In Girls of Tender Age, Ms. Smith describes the impact this violence had on her.
ยป Read an excerpt of Girls of Tender Age in the Reading Room
Events: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, January 18th at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side (Broadway & 82nd St)
ยป Read an excerpt of Girls of Tender Age in the Reading Room
Events: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, January 18th at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side (Broadway & 82nd St)
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