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It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the Great Depression. With enormous compassion, Dr. James Delaney tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who include gangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and housewives. If they can't pay, he treats them anyway. But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, haunted by the slaughters of the Great War. His only daughter has left for Mexico, and his wife Molly vanished months before, leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead. Then, on a snowy New Year's Day, the doctor returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his…
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2008Back Bay Books · 368 pages · 9780316007993
- Audiobook · English · 2007Recorded Books · 9781428156531
- Hardcover · English · 2007Little, Brown and Company · 352 pages · 9780316340588
- Audiobook · English · 2007Recorded Books · 9781428156555
- Ebook · English · 2007Little, Brown and Company · 9780316006552
- Audiobook · English · 2007Recorded Books · 9781428156524
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