Ten Cents a Dance
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- Synopsis
- With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski to support her family. But in the 1940s, the only opportunities open to a Polish-American girl from Chicago's poor Yards is a job in one of the meat packing plants. Through a chance meeting with a local tough, Ruby lands a job as a taxi dancer and soon becomes an expert in the art of "fishing": working her patrons for meals, cash, clothes, even jewelry. Drawn ever deeper into the world of dance halls, jazz, and the mob, Ruby gradually realizes that the only one who can save her is herself.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 362 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781599901640
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 07/30/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Christine Fletcher
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Entertainment, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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