On Helwig Street - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel! Empire Falls . He is also the author of Mohawk ! The Risk Pool ! Nobody's Fool ! Straight Man ! Bridge of Sighs and That Old Cape Magic ! as well as a collection of stories! The Whore's Child . His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan Atkinson's film Keeping Mum . He lives with his wife in Maine. Klappentext '"Whoever said beggars can't be choosers," my grandfather would remark when she was out of earshot, "never met your mother."' Jean Russo was a single mother in the 1950s, badly paid and living with her only son, Richard, in the upstairs apartment of her parents' home on Helwig Street in Gloversville, New York. Zusammenfassung ‘“Whoever said beggars can’t be choosers,” my grandfather would remark when she was out of earshot, “never met your mother.”’ Jean Russo was a single mother in the 1950s, badly paid and living with her only son, Richard, in the upstairs apartment of her parents’ home on Helwig Street in Gloversville, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Russo
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9780099578291
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957829-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; New York, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography: general, Memoirs, Family & relationships, Relationships and families: advice and issues