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Leaving Home: A Memoir
Leaving Home A Memoir
Author: Art Buchwald
The New York Times Bestseller. — "Dear readers: have I got a treat for you! Art Buchwald has written a book about his life . . . I guarantee 254 pages of pure pleasure." -- Ann Landers — "Strikingly honest . . . [Buchwald] grew up in orphanages and foster homes and never knew his mother who, shortly after he was born, entered a mental hospital and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780787100131
ISBN-10: 0787100137
Publication Date: 1/1994
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  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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2.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Audio Literature
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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This "bright, funny and poignant" memoir [Publisher's Weekly] is fun to read and also inspiring. Buchwald overcome a lot of adversity in his life due to his mother's mental illness and his father's limited earning ability. He actually was inducted into the Marine Corps and made the most of it. Without preaching or offering gratuitious advice, he provides a model for all who aspire to make lemonade of the lemons in their lives.
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Sad to listen to Art's voice telling his life stories, but this is a great memoir.
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THIS IS A STROY ABOUT HIM FROM BEING A ORPHAN FROM BORN.FROM A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SHELTER TO NEW YORK'S HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM TO A SERIES OF FOSTER HOEM-ALL BEFORE THE AGE OF FIFTEEN..HE DECIDE AT A YOUNG AGE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BECOME HUMORIST. 40 YEARS HE MADE PEOPLE LAUGHT


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