Hoopi Shoopi Donna - Hardcover

Shea, Suzanne Strempek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671535447 ISBN 13: 9780671535445

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1996

Synopsis

The accordian-playing apple of her father's eye, young Donna Milewski struggles with a painful estrangement from her father after the arrival of her adorable and destitute Polish cousin, a situation that is alleviated by their shared love of music.

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Review:

Margaret Carlin Rocky Mountain News "She's what Amy Tan is to Chinese Americans, Isaac Bashevis Singer to the Jews, Jimmy Breslin to the Irish, Mario Puzo to Italinas, Terry MacMillan to African-Americans...her novels give us a window into the warmth and humor of Polish American life."

Ellen Feldman New York Newsday "Shea has written a wry, beautifully rendered novel that is touching but never sentimental, a generous-spirited story of the terrible fragility and ultimate redemption of family love.
She may just be the fiction find of the summer."

About the Author:

Suzanne Strempek Shea grew up in Three Rivers, Massachusetts where she listened to Polish music, ate Polish foods, recited Polish prayers, and heard Polish histories. Her second floor apartment was across the street from Pulaski Park, also known as 'The Polka Capital of New England.' She attended a Catholic elementary school, and in first grade began the years of accordion lessons that would make her the hit of family gatherings. After graduating from Maine's Portland School of Art, Shea began writing features for the Springfield Union-News and was a fashion editor of the Providence Joumal Shea lives in Bondsville, MA, with her husbond, Tommy, a columnist for the Springfield Union-News. Hoopi Shoopi Donna was chosen as a New England Booksellers Association "Discovery of the Month" book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0671535447
• ISBN 13: 9780671535445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356