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About Us (novel)

About Us is a novel by the American writer Chester Aaron set in 1930s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It tells the story of the Kahns, a Jewish family who run a small general store in the fictional village of Sundown, a coal patch in Butler County, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh. The protagonist is Benny Kahn, who is eight years old when the novel begins. His coming-of-age is portrayed against the backdrop of the events of Great Depression through World War II.

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