| Boston Adventure | |
| Author: | Jean Stafford |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | 1944 - Harcourt Brace |
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Boston Adventure is a 1943 novel by Jean Stafford.[1] It was her first published novel and was a surprise best-seller, launching her career as a writer.
Set shortly before World War II, it tells the story of Sonia Marburg, who grew up in Chichester, a small fishing village on the North Shore facing Boston. Deserted by her father and burdened with an insane mother, she dreams of life on the imagined splendor of Beacon Hill, a rich neighborhood in Boston. When she becomes the protegee of a wealthy Bostonian as a teenager her dream is achieved, but with it comes the revelation of an empty, decadent society.