Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Each week, you highlight an upcoming release that you are eagerly anticipating. This week, I'm looking forward to The Christmas Kid by Pete Hammill (release date: October 30, 2012).
Synopsis (from BN.com): Never before collected in one volume, here are Pete Hamill's stories about Brooklyn, the borough in which he was born and grew up, and the one closest to his heart.
A young boy with a mysterious past forever transforms the lives of the neighborhood toughs. A man returns to his old haunts to avenge the death of his brother. A couple chooses to embrace their memories of a bygone era rather than live in a diminished future.
These are stories of a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming over with nostalgia (which Hamill has called the most common New York emotion), for the world after the war, the city before heroin and crack, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, even, for some, the world of the Depression.
Full of pieces that have been unavailable for years, this collection is classic Hamill — a must-read for his fans, for those who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was.
So, what are you waiting on this Wednesday?
I just heard about this one yesterday! It looks like such a nice read for the upcoming holiday season :)
ReplyDeleteOh this looks interesting! Love that cover, so appropriate for winter!
ReplyDeleteAnna @ Literary Exploration
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Great pick. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of this before so thank you for selecting it! I'm not sure if I will read it or not (it really isn't in my usual array of genres) but thanks for sharing! ^.^ If you would like to check out my Waiting On Wednesday you can do so here. :)
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