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The fifth floor, a novel, by Julie Oleszek

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The fifth floor

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by Julie Oleszek

a novel

"Growing up the next-to-youngest child of ten in suburban Chicago during the 1970s, seven-year-old Anna loves the constant commotion of her big family. Most of all, she adores her ten-year-old sister, Liz. They build forts, climb trees and slways stick together. One moment the two girls are dangling from the backyard swing set, the next, everything changes and Anna will never be the same again. After a decade-long tailspin of heartache and grief, seventeen-year-old Anna's life is becomming increasingly difficult. She would like nothing more than to forget her past, but memories of her childhood keep it very much alive. Can she keep hidden the unpeakable truth from years ago?"--Page 2 of cover