![]() ![]() The nature of Eddie’s work changed after that trip, as did his relationship with Anna, who resented being left behind. One of the last trips they took together was to Dexter Styles’ fashionable home at Manhattan Beach. Eddie took Anna along with him on jobs until she was old enough that her presence became problematic for him. ![]() ![]() He often worked as a messenger/mule for the union boss, Dunellen, who has known Eddie since childhood. Eddie’s skill set involves an excellent memory, an eye/ear for detail, and an ability to fade into the background. Eddie worked for the dock workers union, which seems to have been a front for organized crime. As a child, Anna was very close to her father Eddie Kerrigan. The central character of Manhattan Beach is Anna Kerrigan, whom we meet as an 11-year-old in 1934 and then get to know better as a 20-year-old working at the Naval Shipyard in 1942-43. At the end, I was wondering why characters behaved as they did and why the significance of their actions was not better explained. The problems for me involve both character and plot development. It also involves a mystery - that of the missing father. Set in New York during the pre-war and WWII period, Manhattan Beach explores women’s factory work, the dangerous world of diving, and the merchant marine. ![]() This novel should have been an easy like for me. ![]()
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