A. F. Carter is the author of All of Us and The Yards. He lives and works in New York City.
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Git O'Rourke is from the wrong side of the tracks—even if, in the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, it's not always clear where that designation begins. A single mother, she works hard to support her daughter Charlie, but still finds time to cut l... SEE MORE