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Summary Of Out Of The Easy By Ruta Sepetys

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Out of the Easy is set in the 1950's in New Orleans. This novel is about love, murder, mystery, blackmail and secrets. The Genre is Historical, Young Adult. I read the book Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys. I am reading this book because I liked the looks of the book and I bought the book at Ollies for $1.99 and I liked the introductory so I bought it and read it. The story is about Josie Moraine, living in the French Quarter of New Orleans and wants a new life away from New Orleans. Josie dreams of going to college in the East, where nobody knows her. Josie's mom is a prostitute and has never been a good mother to Josie. Josie is very ashamed of her mother and embarrassed because she is a prostitute. Josie works two jobs, she works at a bookstore with a guy name Patrick whom is gay and Josie doesn't know this. Patrick is …show more content…

She meets Josie for lunch before she leaves town. Josie thinks her mom and Cincinnati has something to do with the murder. Josie hates Cincinnati he is a longtime off and on again boyfriend whom has always mistreated Josie’s mom. Later Cincinnati dies and Josie’s mom gets arrested on her way back to New Orleans. Josie is still trying to get accepted into Smith College. She sees a big time lawyer leaving the French Quarters so she thinks that is her way of being accepted into the Smith College in the East. She makes a trip downtown goes to the lawyer’s office and tells him that she is going to tell his wife if he doesn't write a letter of recommendation for her to go to Smith College in the East. After a couple times seeing the lawyer at Willie's. Josie finally gets her letter from the lawyer. Willie has offered to pay for Josie’s college in New Orleans. Willie wants to go to school in the East, she wants away from her life and she thinks if she moves nobody will know her. At the end of the story the madam Willie dies and leaves everything to Josie, making her a wealthy

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