Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid's Life
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About "Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid's Life" by Michael Parenti: On these pages, fans of Michael Parenti's insightful political and historical writings are given a revealing picture of his early years as a youth in New York's East Harlem, along with some of the influences that helped shape his lifelong commitment to activism and social justice. Written with style and dash, "Waiting for Yesterday" is devilishly enjoyable and sometimes very touching. It provides delightful vignettes about growing up in a three-generation, working-class, Italian family, along with the amusing predicaments of a street kid's life. The book offers a cast of diverse and colorful characters, brought to life on the gritty streets where Parenti played as a boy, set against a backdrop of impoverished tenements, stoops, punitive classrooms, and a neighborhood church with its ornate celestial offerings. This book is graced with both vivid imagery and sharp political observation. Parenti challenges many of the stereotypes faced by Italian Americans and other ethnic groups. Here is a story that is both personal and broad-ranging, often sweet and occasionally bitter, the human comedy at its best.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1599540584
ISBN13:9781599540580
Release Date:June 2013
Publisher:Bordighera Press
Length:170 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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