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7566002Christina the Astonishinghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/christina-the-astonishing-9781636142623/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7188248/image.jpg?v=638878639265030000253328MXNGandhiInStock/Ebooks/<p><em><strong>A coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of the irrepressible Christina, whose encounters with Catholic school nuns, Italian mothers, and small-town Massachusetts will have readers laughing out loud, even when Christina isnt . . .</strong></em></p><p><strong>CHRISTINA FALCONE IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD EIGHTH GRADER</strong> at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up <em>pazza</em> according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons children with chocolate milk and singing mice on television. The nuns at Precious Blood are giving Christina nightmares and facial tics with their daily descriptions of torture and martyrdom. All she wanted as a fourth grader was to become a saint so she could be Gods best friend and go straight to heaven and avoid burning in hell for all eternity.</p><p>At thirteen, though, Christinas nightmares about eyeless martyrs have become dreams of escaping this place where she can see the entire trajectory of her life looming before her in a never-ending hamster loop that goes from Precious Blood Elementary School to La Sposa Bridal Shoppe and eventually across the street to Carmellos Funeral Home without ever leaving her neighborhood only seven miles from Boston. But Harvard Square beckons and Christinas window to the world cracks open, along with the entire American culture of the 1960s, as she grows from girl to woman. <em>Christina the Astonishing</em> is an endearing look at an irrepressible character that will ring true to all readers regardless of the time or place they happened to take the roller-coaster ride to adulthood.</p>...7180567Christina the Astonishing253328https://www.gandhi.com.mx/christina-the-astonishing-9781636142623/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7188248/image.jpg?v=638878639265030000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259781636142623_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9781636142623_<p><em><strong>A coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of the irrepressible Christina, whose encounters with Catholic school nuns, Italian mothers, and small-town Massachusetts will have readers laughing out loud, even when Christina isnt . . .</strong></em></p><p><strong>CHRISTINA FALCONE IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD EIGHTH GRADER</strong> at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up <em>pazza</em> according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons children with chocolate milk and singing mice on television. The nuns at Precious Blood are giving Christina nightmares and facial tics with their daily descriptions of torture and martyrdom. All she wanted as a fourth grader was to become a saint so she could be Gods best friend and go straight to heaven and avoid burning in hell for all eternity.</p><p>At thirteen, though, Christinas nightmares about eyeless martyrs have become dreams of escaping this place where she can see the entire trajectory of her life looming before her in a never-ending hamster loop that goes from Precious Blood Elementary School to La Sposa Bridal Shoppe and eventually across the street to Carmellos Funeral Home without ever leaving her neighborhood only seven miles from Boston. But Harvard Square beckons and Christinas window to the world cracks open, along with the entire American culture of the 1960s, as she grows from girl to woman. <em>Christina the Astonishing</em> is an endearing look at an irrepressible character that will ring true to all readers regardless of the time or place they happened to take the roller-coaster ride to adulthood.</p>...9781636142623_Akashic Books, Ltd.libro_electonico_9781636142623_9781636142623Marianne LeoneInglésMéxico2025-09-02T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/wwnorton-epub-0a4a1990-bb2b-403a-a316-b11fc31c898c.epub2025-09-02T00:00:00+00:00Akashic Books, Ltd.