Sleepaway School

Lee Stringer

ISBN 10: 1583224785 / ISBN 13: 9781583224786

Published by Seven Stories Press, 2004

About this Item

There is an "Autographed Copy" sticker affixed to the front cover of this book and the author has signed this edition on the half-title page. Kurt Vonnegut wrote the foreword.

Seller Inventory # SpSi36

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sleepaway School
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1583224785
• ISBN 13: 9781583224786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed

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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 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.