About this title: The author of this memoir was raised by her two uncles after she was orphaned at age 8. Her book describes the quirks and blessings that her slightly unconventional upbringing bestowed on her.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394561127ISBN:0394561120
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 195 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780452265578ISBN:0452265576
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. A previous owner's name is written on the second end paper. The cover has moderate shelf wear & minor edge wear. The front has tape on it at the bottom of the spine and a crease at the lower corner. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Date Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN-13:9781573228237ISBN:1573228230
Description: Good. Paperbacks are previously owned. They are all in readable condition. They may have previous owners stamps, labels or names written or on them. The covers and spine may have creasing from previously being read. The corners may be bumped and there may be a small number of bent pages. Older books may have fading/discoloration due to light exposure. * read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780452265578ISBN:0452265576
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A little edgewear to cover. Pages tanning. SUMMARY: A funny and affectionate portrait of the unlikeliest of happy families. Memoirs of the childhood of Lily Shaine, raised a baseball's throw away from Yankee Stadium by her two bachelor uncles. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394561127ISBN:0394561120
Description: Very Good in Acceptable jacket. NOT an ex-library; unclipped dj has a tape tear/rip along spine area; light edge and hinge wear on book cover; spine straight and solid; unmarked, uncreased pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Plume Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780452265578ISBN:0452265576
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Used; chipping bottom edge of spine, shelf and edge wear. Usual ex-library markings and attachments. Still a good, solid reading copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This was a simply wonderful read. I suppose growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940's-1950's and attending public schools that were overwhelmingly Jewish has something to do with it. We too were a dysfunctional family, though removed from the socio-economic milieu of the author. But the idea of a whacky household has always appealed to me, and my favorite childhood play (seen on early TV) was what my mother, sister and I referred to as "The Crazy Family"--otherwise known as "You Can't Take It With You"! Laura's/Lily's uncles were just dear and endearing guardians and as her nutty maternal grandmother would say, "She knew how to pick!" Read this book, read this book, read this book, read....."
"Memoir of a girl growing up in the care of her very loving and eccentric famil. I originally thought this was a work of fiction, everyone ois so off beat. Loved it."
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