title: Children of Liberty: A Novel
author:  Paullina Simons 
description: Formulaic offering by established novelist Simons, combining history with predictably troubled love story of Italian immigrant Gina, considered socially inappropriate for Harry, a well-bred Harvard man she meets at the docks. Years later, they engage in an affair overlapping with real events such as the International Workers of the World founding and Eugene Debs controversial popularity. Gina grows up, changes her name to Jane, and attends college, trying not only to assimilate but also to bridge contemporary class divisions of ethnicity amid competing values and economic theories. For those craving an easy, smooth read, the characters personal lives can engage emotionally, but Simons technique of self-conscious inner monologue is hyperbolic. It can pay other dividends, including education about common pitfalls during the peak years of European arrivals. But for readers familiar with this era, a familys decision to make the ocean crossing following the breadwinners death is clich, as is Harrys agonizing between high-society fiance and soul mate. Skillful writing makes Bostons changing landscape vivid, yet characters situations are ultimately not distinguishable from those of other sagas. --Cynthia-Marie OBrien
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
  IT WAS THE KIDS that got to him. Every damned time.
  
  Even now that Social Services had taken the little girl away, New Orleans PD
  homicide detective Reed Ware couldn’t g