00931nam a22001577a 4500999001700000008004500017020001800062082000800080100002000088245007900108260002700187300001000214520042200224942000700646952012000653  c12293d12293221208b    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.  cBK  00102ddc406CHI708FIC915339aMUbMUcGENd2022-12-08l1oCHIpMPC6625r2026-03-26s2026-03-24yBKzColumn - 63