Maria Light

Maria Light
Maria Light  
Author(s) Lester Goran
Country  USA
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date 1962
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 181
OCLC Number 1313097
Preceded by The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue
Followed by The Candy Butcher's Farewell

Maria Light is a novel by the American writer Lester Goran set in 1940s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It tells the story of Maria Light, a recent widow in a Pittsburgh government housing project called Addison Terrace as she tries to survive, providing for her three children and her elderly father-in-law.

References

  • Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X. 

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