Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life: A Memoir

Author: Kurt Vonnegut Lee Stringer
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Category: Biography: General, Autobiography: General, Memoirs, History Of The Americas, Homelessness, Black & Asian Studies, Child Care & Upbringing
Book Format: Paperback

The author of Grand Central Winter, which has sold over 125,000 copies in its English edition alone, returns with the prequel to his first memoir now in paperback. Telling of the hardships of his childhood that led to his famous fall and rise, the reader gains an ever sharpening awareness of one child's life, built on the moving sands of early homelessness, strengths and happiness where they are found, and the occasional kindness and persistance of those around him. Like Dorothy Parker cradling a martini, he makes no apologies' - New York Times Book Review'

About Lee Stringer
LEE STRINGER's journey from childhood homelessness in the '60s, to adult homelessness in the '80s, to his present career as a writer and lecturer, as told in Sleepaway School and Grand Central Winter, is one of the great odysseys of contemporary American life and letters. Stringer is the only board member of Project Renewal who is also a former patient of the facility. He is the two-time recipient of the Washington Irving Award and, in 2005, a Lannan Foundation Residency. He is a former editor of and columnist for Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of other publications, including the Nation, the New York Times, and Newsday. He lives in Mamaroneck, New York, where he also serves on the board of the Mamaroneck Public Libraries.

SKU BK-9781583227015
Barcode # 9781583227015
Brand Seven Stories Press
Artist / Author Kurt Vonnegut Lee Stringer
Shipping Weight 0.2700kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.210m
Assembled Length 14.000m
Assembled Height 20.800m
Assembled Width 1.500m
Type Paperback

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