Lake Effect - Softcover

Cohen, R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099287056 ISBN 13: 9780099287056

Publisher: Vintage, 2003

Synopsis

After the high-praised Tough Jews and The Avengers Rich Cohen has written an iconic memoir-a tale of American youth and friendship between young men. He writes about growing up on the Great Lakes, about emerging from the shadow of a father and falling under the spell of an unforgettable friendship-and about the pain of looking back on that friendship with adult eyes. In a memoir that moves from the shores of Lake Michigan to the streets of the New Orleans French Quarter to the hallowed halls of the old New Yorker, he captures the humble dreams that fuelled a momentous bond in the days of kissing girls, getting drunk for the first time, driving to a Chicago blues club in a borrowed car, seeing the Cubs finally win from the cheap seats at Wrigley Field on a glorious summer afternoon. We've all had a friendship like the one Rich Cohen celebrates in Lake Effect: a friendship that defined us at a critical time, that gave us courage, and helped us out of adolescence and into adulthood. With high hilarity and disarming tenderness, Cohen chronicles this golden time and the bittersweet legacy it left behind.

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Review:

"Lake Effect draws its characters with a sure hand. . . . Cohen's connection to his past seems to remain strong." -"The New York Times
""So outrageous and so true. . . . the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen's candor [and] off-beat observations." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"Contains lines so heartbreakingly apt and funny I stopped to reread constantly. Cohen is a natural." -Jonathan Lethem
"Cohen writes with confidence and humor, and he deftly evokes the aimlessness of adolescence." -"Chicago Sun-Times"
"Cohen . . . has taken the everyday stuff of life and made it joyously readable. The mundane becomes richly evocative in his hands. The usual becomes unusual, the boring becomes interesting, the sweet becomes bittersweet, and Lake Effect becomes the proverbial book you can't put down." -"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"Arresting and thoughtful. . . . Cohen brings back the flavor of the '80s culture with insight and humor." -"The Washington Post"

"Cohen has written a fine book." -"Chicago Tribune"

"A universal story of youth, maturity and love, Lake Effect is a probing meditation on the passage of time, an accomplished book." -"Bookpage"

Lake Effect draws its characters with a sure hand. . . . Cohen's connection to his past seems to remain strong. The New York Times
So outrageous and so true. . . . the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen s candor [and] off-beat observations. The New York Times Book Review
Contains lines so heartbreakingly apt and funny I stopped to reread constantly. Cohen is a natural. Jonathan Lethem
Cohen writes with confidence and humor, and he deftly evokes the aimlessness of adolescence. Chicago Sun-Times
Cohen . . . has taken the everyday stuff of life and made it joyously readable. The mundane becomes richly evocative in his hands. The usual becomes unusual, the boring becomes interesting, the sweet becomes bittersweet, and Lake Effect becomes the proverbial book you can't put down. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Arresting and thoughtful. . . . Cohen brings back the flavor of the '80s culture with insight and humor." The Washington Post

Cohen has written a fine book. Chicago Tribune

A universal story of youth, maturity and love, Lake Effect is a probing meditation on the passage of time, an accomplished book. Bookpage"

From the Publisher:

Growing up in Chicago: girls, cars – Rich Cohen's wonderful memoir is like a song by the young Bruce Springsteen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099287056
• ISBN 13: 9780099287056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224