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An authentic salute to early adulthood in 1970s New York, for better and for worse.
After the brutal shooting of her boyfriend, a young woman leaves Buffalo and heads to New York City to build a life in Gardiner’s historical novel.
“…Cosi is a hero whom you can’t help but root for as she struggles through a variety of early-adulthood experiences. Doubts, second-guessing, first love, true love, and family permeate this story to create a beautiful tale of navigating adulthood in 1970s New York City. It’s a perfect book for those who want to feel frustration, joy, and the heavy heart that accompany difficult decisions.”
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At 13, Cosi McCarthy wants what every girl in Buffalo wants in the 1960s—to become a happy wife and loving mother. But that dream collapses when her father dies, ugly family secrets emerge, and her widowed mother is trapped in the double standards of a patriarchal culture and impoverished by the city’s failing economy. Swept up in the idealism of youth, Cosi soon learns how hard it is to save the world, and that love is easy to mistake when you have no idea what it looks like.
“Moxie Gardiner asserts her writing chops in this coming-of-age story of a girl growing up in Buffalo, New York. . . . Virgin Snow shines. Keep tissues handy.”
—Ginny Fite, author of The Physics of Things
If you have an interest in discovering more about these books and how they came about, check out the following interviews:
- Video interview with Mark Pogodzinski of NFB Publishing
- Podcast interview with Amy L. Watkins of Rock, Paper, Write
- Blog interview with Deliah Lawrence of Vocal Expressions
- Interview with Buffalo Hive
- Interview with Buffalo Scoop
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