The Astonishing Life of August March

by Aaron Jackson and Aaron Jackson

Book Overview

In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theater--Candide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles Dickens.

Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a true child of the theater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062939386
• ISBN13: 9780062939388
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"