When Momma was the Landlord
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"Esther Gordon was coming of age on Willoghby Street in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother, Sara, was landlord of the apartment houses at Nos. 53 and 57, and through her vestibules passed many memorable characters. The book is about young Esther, her brother, Josh, the whole Gordon family, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and tenants. But mosly it is about Momma-- scribe, nurse, marriage counselor, child psychologist, carpenter, janitor and Don Quixote with a plunger"--Dust jacket.
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