It’s 1953 and George is in the third grade and living by himself... in Greenwich Village.
In 1953 George was nine years old, in the 3rd grade and living with his mother in Greenwich Village. When his mother died, rather than move in with his Aunt in Brooklyn, or worse yet, his other Aunt in Jersey, he decides to continue to live in his Village flat. He falls through the cracks so nobody, not his friends, nor his teacher, nor his aunts, nor his mother’s friends know he lives alone. Perhaps most importantly, his cleaning lady, grocer and butcher, don't realize he's a 9 year old alone in Greenwich Village. A happy assortment of characters, including aunts, cousins, hipsters, a house detective, poets, playwrights, artists, actresses, students, his cleaning lady, a budding civil rights lawyer and a fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of town enter his life. Some realize George is alone but most don't. To the kids in the third grade, George is just another kid. Adults seem to recognize, however, there is something very strange about George...
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