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| Original Title: | Growing Up |
| ISBN: | 0451168380 (ISBN13: 9780451168382) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1983), National Book Award Finalist for Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover) (1983) |
Russell Baker
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.09 | 6636 Users | 333 Reviews
Explanation In Favor Of Books Growing Up
This Pulitzer Prize-winner is "the saddest, funniest, most tragical yet comical picture of coming of age in the U.S.A. in the Depresson years and World War II that has ever been written."—Harrison Salisbury.
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| Title | : | Growing Up |
| Author | : | Russell Baker |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | June 2nd 1992 by Signet (first published June 2nd 1982) |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Biography Memoir |
Rating About Books Growing Up
Ratings: 4.09 From 6636 Users | 333 ReviewsWrite Up About Books Growing Up
This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read - a true American experience lived by Mr. Baker as well as my parents.This one had sat on the shelf for over a year before I reached for it. Given that much of the memoir is set during the Depression, I figured it would be a timely read. Baker evokes pre-WWII America with unsentimental dignity. On the atomic bomb tests:"We didn't know about the test, of course. Doors were closing forever on our past, but we could not hear them slam. Soon the world we had known and the values we had lived by in that world would become so obsolete that we would seem to Americans of
I found a paperback edition of this book, yellow with age. A note from my mother, age 97 and suffering from dementia fell out from between the pages. She said it was full of charm and humor and recommended it. She was right. Russell Baker had a hardscrabble childhood. His father's people were Virginians; rural people. Education was not a family tradition, though Russell's mother always insisted that he "make something of himself." This man was a great storyteller. He makes ordinary life events
I enjoyed all of what I read in this book, but unfortunately, it began moving slower than I needed it to! I didn't finish it even though I read it many years ago in college for a class. I like his humor and honesty, though.
A lovely book. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this wonderful memoir, from the clashes between Russell Baker's strong-willed mother and grandmother, to the love that sustained him during the depths of the Depression. Having lived on the Northern Neck of Virginia (where Baker's mother was born and grew up), the upper Shenandoah Valley (where Baker was born and spent his earliest years), and northern New Jersey (where Baker lived from about age 5 to age 14), the book resonated with me. The hero
Loved the book! I will definitely read it again. I have already earmarked all my favorite passages. This book talks about a time when life was simpler. Russell grows up in 1920s/30s America. He grows up when America is going through the great depression and World War 2. Tough times to grow up in, but the people in his life prod along with unbeatable optimism and hope for the future. This book is funny/witty/poignant/memorable/sad/happy all at the same time. My favorite passage in the book is
Memoirs are great leisure reading because, unlike murder mysteries, I don't need to race to the end to find out what happened. There aren't facts that I need to remember. I enjoyed this memoir. Most of the people were good-hearted. Russell Baker's experience growing up in the Depression was actually fairly positive. He said one thing people could afford was talk, and the family sat around the kitchen table and talked and talked and talked. Every home had a dictionary, because words were
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