Growing Up Hard: Memoirs of Poverty During Childhood

 

Berry, Bertice - Ties that bind
(800.92 Berry Ber) Raised by a single mother of seven, Berry was determined to be educated and successful. Her research for her first novel, Redemption Song,
changed her feeling toward, race, history and slavery. Her ancestors had lived
on a plantation in Delaware owned by an abolitionist Quaker, who risked his life
on the Underground Railroad.

Karr, Mary - Liar's club
(800.92 Karr Kar) Growing up in Leechfield, TX. poet Karr looks at her sometimes unbearable
childhood with humor and sympathetic understanding for her dysfunctional
parents.

Coles, Robert - Growing up poor
(810.8 GR) Stories, poems, and essays from a wide ranging field of authors including Langston Hughes, Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto and William Carlos Williams.

Bell, Margaret - When Montana and I were young
(921 Bell Bell) Born in 1888, Bell spent most of her long life in the new state of Montana.
Her mother died when Bell was eight years old leaving her with three sisters, a stepfather and a hard life of ranching, horse breaking, cattle herding and housekeeping. Her manuscript covers her young years to age 18, the story of a survivor.

Kucinich, Dennis - Courage to survive
(921 Kucinich Kuc) Ohio Congressman Kucinich writes of coming of age in 1950’s inner city Cleveland. From a large Catholic family, Kucinich learned to persevere, and to use all possibilities as well as hard work to succeed. An engaging story of lessons learned and obstacles overcome

Kalish, Mildred - Little heathens
(921 Kalish Kal) Life on a farm during the Depression was a life of hard unending toil. Small
things, like a fresh picked tomato, made the author aware of the abundance of life and lead to mostly happy memories.

Sanchez, Ivan - Next stop
(974.727 San) The late 1980’s early 90’s Bronx was a neighborhood of drugs, violence and crime. Sanchez is the only gang member who is not dead or incarcerated. With support from his girl friend and mother, he graduated from college and escaped the violence.


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