Before I had a Mother;
Subtitle: A Calumet Childhood in Pieces
Publisher: Grelin Press
Published: 2010
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 101
Description: This is a bitter-sweet book about the author's childhood in Calumet, Michigan, where he was raised by his Polish grandparents. It is a very small book, very well written, and extremely funny in places, even thought the main subject is a lonely boy's childhood.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I; title: Galoshes; title: Altar Boy; title: Part II; title: Gramps; title: Ziggy; title: Ronnie; title: Aunt Eleanor; title: Pepper; title: Part II; title: Culture; title: Before Television; title: Comics; title: Guns; title: Movies; title: Society; title: Sports; title: Gender; title: Food; title: Sex; title: Part IV; title: George Gip; title: Mary; title: Flying Away; title: Hal; title: Part V; title: Mother