years later her father has disappeared and the country is at war anna works at the brooklyn naval yard where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men now soldiers abroad she becomes the first female diver the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations repairing the ships that will help america win the war one evening at a nightclub she meets dexter styles again and begins to understand the complexity of her father s life the reasons he might have vanished manhattan beach takes us into a world populated by gangsters sailors divers bankers and union men in a dazzling propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men of america and the world
jennifer egan
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