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A Kid From Marlboro Road

Af: Edward Burns Engelsk Hardback

A Kid From Marlboro Road

Af: Edward Burns Engelsk Hardback
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A Kid from Marlboro Road opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There''s an open casket, the first time he''s seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him ''Kneenie,'' and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he''s the best thing she''s got. He sees her struggling with depression and is worried his parents might get divorced, but doesn''t know how to help - since like his brother and father before him he knows he''ll also abandon her soon enough. Stories cascade between the prior generation''s colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the of Gibson, the town on Long Island where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous.
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A Kid from Marlboro Road opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There''s an open casket, the first time he''s seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him ''Kneenie,'' and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he''s the best thing she''s got. He sees her struggling with depression and is worried his parents might get divorced, but doesn''t know how to help - since like his brother and father before him he knows he''ll also abandon her soon enough. Stories cascade between the prior generation''s colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the of Gibson, the town on Long Island where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781644214077
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1644214075
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 27 aug 2024
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 148mm
Højde: 217mm
Forlag: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Oplagsdato: 27 aug 2024
Forfatter(e): Edward Burns
Forfatter(e) Edward Burns

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781644214077

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 148mm

Højde 217mm

Udg. Dato 27 aug 2024

Oplagsdato 27 aug 2024

Forlag Seven Stories Press,U.S.

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