A touching and hilarious memoir about an Orthodox Jewish boy growing up in Pittsburgh in the mid-20th Century, returning as an adult to help his family. This is a story of what love can do and what it cannot. In flashbacks, boyhood friends build their world in spite of the feared non-Jewish world surrounding them. Family love carries the "mentally retarded" Uncle Izzy, who can turn any serious moment into side-splitting laughter. Brotherly love embraces best friend Harold, who loses his way in the Sixties. This portrait ...
Read More
A touching and hilarious memoir about an Orthodox Jewish boy growing up in Pittsburgh in the mid-20th Century, returning as an adult to help his family. This is a story of what love can do and what it cannot. In flashbacks, boyhood friends build their world in spite of the feared non-Jewish world surrounding them. Family love carries the "mentally retarded" Uncle Izzy, who can turn any serious moment into side-splitting laughter. Brotherly love embraces best friend Harold, who loses his way in the Sixties. This portrait of the strength of family and community will leave the reader enriched, satisfied, and grateful to have been invited in.
Read Less
Add this copy of Return to Squirrel Hill: a Memoir: Growing Up Howie to cart. $15.52, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Howie Gordon.
Add this copy of Return to Squirrel Hill: A Memoir: Growing up Howie to cart. $19.58, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2019 by Howie Gordon.
Add this copy of Return to Squirrel Hill: a Memoir: Growing Up Howie to cart. $15.52, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Howie Gordon.
Add this copy of Return to Squirrel Hill: a Memoir: Growing Up Howie to cart. $36.71, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Howie Gordon.
Add this copy of Return to Squirrel Hill: a Memoir: Growing Up Howie to cart. $65.88, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Howie Gordon.
