Description: A literary critic's memories of growing up in Hoboken in an Italian American family. Her life included a sister who committed suicide, a depressed mother, a strict father, and a slew of boyfriends.
Synopsis A literary critic's memories of growing up in Hoboken in an Italian American family. Her life included a sister who committed suicide, a depressed mother, a strict father, and a slew of boyfriends.
Details
Publication Date:
2002-08-01
Series:
The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series
Size
Length:
263 pages
Height:
9.0 in
Width:
6.3 in
Thickness:
0.8 in
Weight:
15.0 oz
Industry Reviews "The writing here is terrific....This is a highly subjective narrative of what it's like to grow up American, reject what's expected of you and then make your own fate." Los Angeles Times Book Review - Carolyn See (08/04/1996)
"[A]n extremely readable book....New Jersey of the 1950s is vividly evoked....DeSalvo's books is...gripping in its parade of detail and profusion of stories..." Jones