Lake Effect A Memoir
Lake Effect A Memoir by Rich Cohen, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on April 8, 2003, is a reprint edition consisting of 224 pages. This memoir explores the bittersweet journey of friendship, focusing on the author’s experiences growing up in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago. The narrative centers on Rich Cohen’s relationship with Jamie Drew, a charismatic and reckless friend whose charm and insouciance set him apart in their social circle.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of adolescence marked by shared adventures, from high school parties to summer nights on the beach. The memoir delves into themes of friendship and change, capturing the essence of how relationships evolve over time. As Cohen recounts his formative years alongside Jamie, the story reflects on the complexities of family, friendship, and the impact of their contrasting backgrounds. This edition offers insights into personal memoirs and the history of the Midwest, inviting readers to reflect on their own connections and experiences.
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A bittersweet coming-of-age story that quietly bores to the essence of friendship and how it survives even as it is destined to change.
“So outrageous and so true…. the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen’s candor [and] off-beat observations.” —The New York Times Book Review
Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless, reckless, and lower middle class in a place that wasn’t, Jamie possessed such an irresistible insouciance and charm that even the teachers called him Drew-licious. Through the high school years of parties and Cub games and girls, of summer nights on the beach and forbidden forays into the blues bars of Chicago’s notorious South Side, the two formed an inseparable bond. Even after Cohen went to college in New Orleans (Jamie went to Kansas) and then moved to New York, where he had a memorable interlude with the legendary New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell, Jamie remained oddly crucial to his life.
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