![]() ![]() ![]() The child’s troubled mother, a black woman called Sarah, eventually comes to stay with them and is visited every Sunday by the father. The family’s lives dramatically change when Mother discovers a new-born baby buried in their garden, abandoned by his mother but still alive. The lives of a diverse set of characters are intertwined, but the narrative primarily focuses on a rich family living in New Rochelle: Father, Mother, The little boy, Mother’s Younger Brother, and Grandfather. Through a blend of fact and fiction, Doctorow depicts New York at the turn of the twentieth century when social, political and racial tensions were high. ![]() Doctorow’s historical novel, Ragtime (1974). These are just some of the real-life figures who appear in E. ![]()
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