SLEEPAWAY SCHOOL : A Memoir - Hardcover

Lee Stringer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1583224785 ISBN 13: 9781583224786

Publisher: SEVEN STORIES PRESS, 2005

Synopsis

The author of Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street, which has sold over 125,000 copies in its English edition alone, returns with the prequel to his first memoir. Telling of the hardships of his childhood that led to his famous fall and rise, the reader gains an ever sharpening awareness of one child's life, built on the moving sands of early homelessness, strengths and happiness where they are found, and the occasional kindness and persistance of those around him. """"Like Dorothy Parker cradling a martini, he makes no apologies"""" - New York Times Book Review

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

About the Author:

LEE STRINGER's journey from childhood homelessness in the '60s, to adult homelessness in the '80s, to his present career as a writer and lecturer, as told in Sleepaway School and Grand Central Winter, is one of the great odysseys of contemporary American life and letters. Stringer is the only board member of Project Renewal who is also a former patient of the facility. He is the two-time recipient of the Washington Irving Award and, in 2005, a Lannan Foundation Residency. He is a former editor of and columnist for Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of other publications, including the Nation, the New York Times, and Newsday. He lives in Mamaroneck, New York, where he also serves on the board of the Mamaroneck Public Libraries.

About this edition

• Publisher: SEVEN STORIES PRESS
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1583224785
• ISBN 13: 9781583224786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192