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English
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Vivian Gornick's Fierce Attachments—hailed by the New York Times for the renowned feminist author's "mesmerizing, thrilling" truths within its pages—has been selected by the publication's book critics as the #1 Best Memoir of the Past 50 Years.
In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. There have been numerous books about
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In 1958, young Sheila Weller was living a charmed life with her family in Beverly Hills. Her father was a brilliant brain surgeon. Her mother was a movie-magazine writer whose brother owned Hollywood's most dazzling nightclub, Ciro's. Then her world exploded after she witnessed her uncle's brutal attempt to kill her father.
In Dancing at Ciro's, Weller has written a deeply felt memoir of her family's life contrasted with those most glamorous days...
13) My bar mitzvah
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
The author describes the celebration of his bar mitzvah.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In this eloquent and glorious memoir, reporter Joseph Berger reflects upon his days growing up in Manhattan's Upper West Side following World War II. Berger and his family, Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, arrived in New York in 1950. Their fascinating story of adaptation in a strange, new world speaks universally of the trials millions of American immigrants have faced.
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Language
English
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Patricia Volk’s delicious memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating and wonderful family, where you’re never just hungry–your starving to death, and you’re never just full–you’re stuffed. Volk’s family fed New York City for one hundred years, from 1888 when her great-grandfather introduced pastrami to America until 1988, when her father closed his garment center restaurant. All along,...
19) Whatever is contained must be released: my Jewish orthodox girlhood, my life as a feminist artist
Author
Publisher
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the author's experiences after her fundamentalist Jewish family cut her off at the age of sixteen for exchanging letters with a male friend traces her downward spiral into promiscuity and self-destruction in New York City.