Out of The Easy (edition 2013)

by Ruta Sepetys

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Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

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Member:	Sugar_and_Snark
Title:	Out of The Easy
Authors:	Ruta Sepetys
Info:	Philomel (2013), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 352 pages
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To say I have a fascination with New Orleans would be downplaying my desire to go visit it! The culture and rich history are just so amazing to me.

And this book had it! Interesting characters set along the back drop of New Orleans in the 1950's. But I didn't find it as fun as I'd hoped. It got a little too wrapped into her finding her father and bogged down a little. (

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Trisha_Thomas | Nov 14, 2024 |

Ruta Sepetys does it again. This book was absolutely phenomenal! (

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kdegour23 | May 29, 2024 |

After reading Salt to the Sea, I purchased all of Ruta Sepetys' books and am working my way through them all. This book is set in New Orleans during 1950. Having grown up in the heart of New Orleans, with a terrible mother, Josie Moraine has been on her own since she was twelve. She has friends who have looked after her and helped her to dream of getting out of New Orleans and into an elite college. (

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Dianekeenoy | Jan 7, 2024 |

Josie Moraine, the daughter of a brothel prostitute, is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld in New Orleans. It is a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny. This is a character driven book and I especially liked Josie's character. Her mother was a prostitute but she was not going in that direction. The plot was one that led me to read the book to the sad ending. I look forward to reading more from this author as I really liked this book. If you like heartfelt books then you will love this book. (

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EadieB | Oct 30, 2023 |

osie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Sepetys, Ruta	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Fortgang, Lauren	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Out of the Easy

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Out of the Easy

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Francis (Cokie) Coquard (Cokie)

Patrick Marlowe

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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Mardi Gras

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Epigraph

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
--Sir Francis Bacon

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First words

My mother's a prostitute.

Quotations

The only reason I’d lift my skirt is to pull out my pistol and plug you.

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813.6

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PZ7.S47957

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Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

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