Down City Mark Baker was first ostracized and then

was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves "Bunny

★ "First-time author Petty’s dialogue between a frog father and his son makes its point about accepting one’s nature with a big grin

stunning trapeze artist Britannia Lovell plunged to her death in the castle's grand ballroom

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Down City Mark Baker was first ostracized and thenLike James Ellroy's, My Dark Places, Down City is a gripping narrative built of memory and reportage, and Leah Carroll's portrait of Rhode Island is sure to take a place next Mary Karr's portrayal of her childhood in East Texas and David Simon's gritty Baltimore. Leah Carroll's mother, a gifted amateur photographer, was murdered by two drug dealers with Mafia connections when Leah was four years old. Her father, a charming alcoholic who hurtled