00751nam a22001217a 4500008004500000020001800045082000800063100002000071245007900091260002700170300001000197520042200207221208b    2015       ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781472221681  bCHI  aChicurel, Judy   aIf i knew you were going to be this beautiful ,Inever would havelet you go  aLondonbHeadlinec2015  a344p.  aIt is the summer of 1972, and Katie has just turned eighteen. Katie and her town, Elephant Beach, are both on the verge: Katie of adulthood, and Elephant Beach of gentrification. But not yet: Elephant Beach is still gritty, working-class, close-knit. And Katie spends her time smoking and drinking with her friends, dreaming about a boy just back from Vietnam who’s still fighting a battle Katie can’t understand.