The Floating World

Cynthia Kadohata

Original title: The floating world

first published 1989 Viking, 1989 196 pages

In the 1950's, Olivia and her extended family travel along California's coast while her stepfather works at transient jobs, and although her grandmother annoys her with her stories, after her grandmother's death, the stories continue to guide Olivia in her life.

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Floating World paperback · 1999 · Viking Penguin · 9780140118988
The Floating World paperback · 1993 · Ballantine Books · 9780345381620
The floating world. edition · 1990 · Minerva · 208 pages
The floating world. edition · 1989 · Secker & Warburg · 228 pages
The floating world edition · 1989 · Viking · 196 pages

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