My Sister and Me - Boone, Cristi Hallerman; Borie, Judy Hallerman
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"My Sister and Me" is a compelling story about two teenage girls growing up in the 1950s. Living in Cincinnati, Ohio, they are abandoned by the people they believe are their parents. Lynne and Patsy have been cared by their African American housekeeper, Loretta. In alternating chapters, first Lynne and then Patsy describe the people and events that begin to heal the wounds of their isolated childhood. Gradually they come to know and love both Loretta's family and their grandfather. Despite Loretta's disapproval, Patsy and Loretta's 18-year-old son, Walter, fall in love. In 1955, schools and…mehr

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"My Sister and Me" is a compelling story about two teenage girls growing up in the 1950s. Living in Cincinnati, Ohio, they are abandoned by the people they believe are their parents. Lynne and Patsy have been cared by their African American housekeeper, Loretta. In alternating chapters, first Lynne and then Patsy describe the people and events that begin to heal the wounds of their isolated childhood. Gradually they come to know and love both Loretta's family and their grandfather. Despite Loretta's disapproval, Patsy and Loretta's 18-year-old son, Walter, fall in love. In 1955, schools and neighborhoods in Cincinnati were sharply segregated so the growing closeness of the girls and their grandfather with Loretta and her relatives does not sit well with their all-white neighbors. A fascinating account of historical fiction, this novel takes readers on a compelling journey that dives into the complexities of family and heightened racial tensions during the mid-20th century.
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Cristi Lynne Hallerman Boone was born in Cincinnati in 1939 and died there in 2021. She graduated from Withrow High School and the University of Cincinnati, married Marvin Boone, with whom she had four children, Marc, Ed, Debbie, and Jack, and after their divorce married Ed Spiller. She built a successful career teaching security for mainframe computers. Judy wrote her first novel at 16, and the second one at 86. In between she was a non-profit executive, an associate dean, a fund raiser, and a traveling saleswoman. She's been widowed twice, has 3 stepdaughters, 7 grandchildren and 2 1/2 great grandchildren, and now live in a retirement community in Philadelphia. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, and was 20 years old in 1955, the year the story takes place.