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      The Folded Leaf

      by William Maxwell
      Published
      Oct 1996
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      The Folded Leaf, first published in 1945, is a classic American coming-of-age novel. In the suburbs of Chicago in the 1920s, two boys initiate an unusual friendship: Lymie Peters, a skinny and somewhat clumsy boy who always gets good grades, and newcomer Spud Latham, a star athlete and mediocre student. Spud accepts Lymie's devotion without questioning it, but once high school ends and the boys enter college, tensions begin to arise between them. Lymie is the first to meet Sally Forbes, but she will fall in love with Spud, and this will mark the beginning of the rift between them. But this rupture will be more than Lymie can bear. William Maxwell provides the reader with a moving portrayal of adolescence and the shift from youth into adulthood.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      First Edition Oct 1996 Vintage ISBN13 9780679772569 ISBN10 0679772561
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      Sep 1994 David R. Godine Publisher ISBN13 9780879233518 ISBN10 0879233516
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      May 1999 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9781860466960 ISBN10 1860466966
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      Mar 2012 Vintage ISBN13 9780099573593 ISBN10 0099573598
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      Jan 1982 AMS Press ISBN13 9780404615109 ISBN10 0404615104
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