Frankie & Johnnie: A Love Story

Two lovestruck teenagers stumble toward adulthood in 1920s Chicago in a novel by "one of the best American writers working in the realistic tradition" (Norman Mailer).

Johnnie didn't plan on falling for Frankie. She was too young, too naïve, and his best friend's sister to boot. But from the moment he sees her, Johnnie knows that Frankie is the only girl for him. There's only so much pretending he can do before he admits it. And there's so much to learn—about her, about himself, about li...