Russell Bakerâ‚¬s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography about growing up in America during the Great Depression. Â â‚¬Å“Magicalâ‚¬Â¦.He has taken such raw,

Growing Up

Russell Bakerâ‚¬s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography about growing up in America during the Great Depression.
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â‚¬Å“Magicalâ‚¬Â¦.He has taken such raw, potentially wrenching material and made of it a story so warm, so likable, and so disarmingly funnyâ‚¬Â¦a work of original biographical art.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times
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In this heartfelt memoir, groundbreakingÂ Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist Russell Baker tracesÂ his youth from the backwoods mountains of Virginia to a New Jersey commuter town to the Depression-shadowed landscape of Baltimore.

His is a story of adversity and courage, the poignancy of love and the awkwardness of sex, of family bonds and family tensions. We meet the people who influenced Bakerâ‚¬s early life: his strong and loving mother, his bold little sister Doris, the awesome matriarch Ida Rebecca and her twelve sons. Here, too, are schoolyard bullies, great teachers, and the everyday heroes and heroines of the Depression who faced disaster with good cheer as they tried to muddle through.
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A modern day classic filled with perfect turns of phrase and traces of quiet wisdom, Growing Up is a coming of age story that is â‚¬Å“the stuff of American legendâ‚¬Â (The Washington Post Book World).
Country USA
Brand Berkley
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1992-06-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451168382

Country	USA
Brand	Berkley
Manufacturer	Berkley
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1992-06-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780451168382

Growing Up

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