C.C.’s isn’t your typical rags-to-riches story. In Beth Raymer’s debut novel, “Fireworks Every Night,” she launches addiction, homelessness, neglect and poverty shamelessly into the lexicon, treating C.C. and her family with nothing less than respect.
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