Books like My dad lives in a downtown hotel by Peggy Mann
In this juvenile fiction story, a boy struggles with feelings of guilt over his parents’ divorce. He believes his father’s residency in a downtown hotel is a sign of abandonment and attempts to persuade him to return home.
First publish date: 1973
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Marriage & Divorce Fiction
Authors: Peggy Mann
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