Beginner's Book of Dreams

This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend's family opens her eyes to artEsme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholi...