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Portofino

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This is the story of Calvin Becker, son of a missionary family on vacation in Italy in the early '60s. Calvin must cope with his father's bad moods, his mother's embarrassing habit of preaching to "Pagan" strangers, his sister's pious tattling, the the beautiful Jennifer, a fellow tourist who's captured his heart and made him determined to be "normal" once and for all.

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Portofino, Frank Schaeffer

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1996
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Title
Portofino
Language
English
Publisher
Berkley
Released
1996
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0425149811
ISBN13
9780425149812
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This is the story of Calvin Becker, son of a missionary family on vacation in Italy in the early '60s. Calvin must cope with his father's bad moods, his mother's embarrassing habit of preaching to "Pagan" strangers, his sister's pious tattling, the the beautiful Jennifer, a fellow tourist who's captured his heart and made him determined to be "normal" once and for all.