Jane St. Anthony

After Isabelle's father tragically passes away, she and her mother move from Milwaukee to Minneapolis in the early 1960s, where Isabelle finds herself trying to escape her grief via the lives of her overly attentive landladies, the McCarthy sisters, and new friendships with classmates Margaret and Grace.

Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart

In 1960s Minneapolis, seventeen-year-old Margaret and her best friends Grace and Isabelle contemplate whether having a job, car, and boyfriend are as fulfilling as they appear to be.

Whatever Normal Is

A coming-of-age novel set in the early 1960s in Minneapolis, The Summer Sherman Loved Me is an honest look at the struggles of a twelve-year-old girl that transcends time. As Margaret tries to sort out her strained relationship with her mother and her feelings for her neighbor who claims to love her, readers join her in her journey discovering what it means to grow up.

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