Growing Up
Growing Up by Russell Baker is a reissue of the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography published by Penguin in January 1983. This 288-page memoir explores Baker’s experiences growing up in America during the Great Depression, detailing his journey from the backwoods of Virginia to a New Jersey commuter town and the challenges faced in Baltimore. The narrative captures the essence of his youth, highlighting themes of family, adversity, and the complexities of relationships.
In this heartfelt memoir, readers will find a vivid portrayal of Baker’s formative years, including the influential figures in his life such as his mother and sister, as well as the everyday heroes of the Depression era. The book presents a blend of humor and poignancy, reflecting on the trials and triumphs of growing up amidst economic hardship. With its focus on personal memoirs and family dynamics, Growing Up offers insights into the life stages that shape an individual, making it a significant contribution to the genre of biography and autobiography.
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Russell Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography about growing up in America during the Great Depression.
“Magical….He has taken such raw, potentially wrenching material and made of it a story so warm, so likable, and so disarmingly funny…a work of original biographical art.”—The New York Times
In this heartfelt memoir, groundbreaking Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist Russell Baker traces his youth from the backwoods mountains of Virginia to a New Jersey commuter town to the Depression-shadowed landscape of Baltimore.
His is a story of adversity and courage, the poignancy of love and the awkwardness of sex, of family bonds and family tensions. We meet the people who influenced Baker’s early life: his strong and loving mother, his bold little sister Doris, the awesome matriarch Ida Rebecca and her twelve sons. Here, too, are schoolyard bullies, great teachers, and the everyday heroes and heroines of the Depression who faced disaster with good cheer as they tried to muddle through.
A modern day classic filled with perfect turns of phrase and traces of quiet wisdom, Growing Up is a coming of age story that is “the stuff of American legend” (The Washington Post Book World).
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