Summary
The author of the novel REVERE BEACH BOULEVARD, which evokes the same mise-en-scène, recalls his coming-of-age in a working class suburb of Boston in this spiritual memoir. Though world-traveled, the roots run deep in this Italian-American enclave where a family nearly 50-strong instilled Old World values.
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"His story is a smart and moving meditation on social class, boundaries and mobility. It's a story about fathers and sons and ambitions passed down through the generations - and much more. It's not quite sociology. It isn't, strictly speaking, autobiography either. REVERE BEACH ELEGY is one of those books that force you to grope for an answer to the casual question from a friend, 'What's it about?'" -- Ray Suarez
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Published date: 2002
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Pages: 232
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