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Lu Stone, A House, A Street, A City: The Story of 17 Summer Street

Lu Stone, A House, A Street, A City: The Story of 17 Summer Street


Who were the people who looked out my office window, whose panes still display irregular bubbles, rocked on the front porch, planted the rhododendron and peonies, wore down the pine stair treads, washed clothes in the cast-iron tub in the cellar, raised children, and went off to work each morning?  Where did they come from?  What turns in their lives brought thdm to Summer Street?  Did they love the house as much as we?

This is the story of one house and one neighborhood in the city of Northampton.  Neither ever claimed any airs or mentions in books.  Wherever they are, ordinary places hold stories worth telling.

Lu Stone

Paperback, 55 pages, illustrations

$13.95