Happy Victory: Celebrating a Jersey City Childhood (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

If you remember attending Catholic school, getting your first kiss, or sneaking that first cigarette, you will enjoy Happy Victory. A little girl revisits the Polish household she shared with her father, grandmother and single aunt during the long hospitalization and eventual death of her mother.Her innocent, matter-of-fact reasoning sees her through some harsh realities of life with her unpredictable stepmother.Although there are some shocking revelations and sadness in this memoir, the child’s cockeyed view of her world will entertain you with laughout-loud short story episodes told in the little girl’s voice.