Palisades Park
Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's eventual closing in 1971.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Conflict of generationsDepressionsWorking class familiesFictionFiction, coming of ageFiction, historicalNew jersey, fictionFiction, family lifePalisades Amusement Park (N.J.)Fiction, historical, general