The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs

Year of Publication
2006
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
185 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Jack Gantos
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
City
New York
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Abstract
Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her Westmoreland County hometown when she was seven and learned a dark secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh family curse of excessive love for one’s mother.
Notes
Seton Hill University is referred to as Seton Hill College, as it was then known.
Author Biography
Jack Gantos (1951— ), born and raised in Norvelt, Westmoreland County, earned his BFA and MA at Emerson College. The author of many children's books, he is best known for his fictional character Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Gantos lives in Boston.
Time
1950s-60s
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