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Author | : Neil Simon |
Publisher | : Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780573693366 |
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A coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical problems. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.
Author | : Neil Simon |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0452268834 |
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Neil Simon’s inimitable play about the trials and tribulations that test family ties—winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. What happens to children in the absence of love? That is the question that lies at the heart of this funny and heartrending play by one of America’s most acclaimed and beloved playwrights. Debuting at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 1990, Lost in Yonkers went on to win four Tony Awards, including Best Play, as well as the Pulitzer Prize, and tells the moving drama about the cruelties and painful memories that scar a family. It is New York, 1942. After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. Grandmother Kurnitz is a one-woman German front—a refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have crippled her own children: the boys’ father has no self-esteem; their Aunt Gert has an embarrassing speech impediment; their Uncle Louie is a small-time gangster; and their Aunt Bella has the mentality of a child. But it is Bella's hunger for affection and her refusal to be denied love that saves the boys—and that leads to an unforgettable, wrenching confrontation with her mother. Filled with laughter, tears, and insight, Lost in Yonkers is a heartwarming testament to Neil Simon’s talent.
Author | : Neil Simon |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2016-11-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501155008 |
Download Neil Simon's Memoirs Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Now, for the first time ever, Simon's complete life story is collected in one volume with a new introduction and afterword"--Jacket.
Author | : Jerome Enders |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781438978710 |
Download Yonkers the Lost City of Hip Hop Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The story takes place in the late 1970's in a town called Yonkers, New York. A city known at the time for its police brutality, corrupt politicians, and rumors of underworld activity. A music emerges that was destined to change the world. Come and take the journey, and walk with pioneers. Learn how a town became a prime mover of the Hip Hop culture since the foundation, and the music industries reluctance to give local talent the big break. You will experience the MC's and DJ battles, stories of bad contract agreements, and read about how it feels to have doors slammed in your face; this created a musical hunger that fueled a towns relentless pursuit to get their music heard, eventually taking them to the top of the music industry. Each story blends together like a fine symphony creating a time line designed to keep you on edge. As you laugh, cry, learn, reflect, and walk away with a better appreciation for the music we call Hip Hop.
Author | : Jason Medina |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625850522 |
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Former NYPD officer and current ghost hunter Jason Medina travels up the Hudson River to a hotbed of paranormal activity. The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute’s lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.
Author | : Neil Simon |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1995-11-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0452275288 |
Download Brighton Beach Memoirs Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A young boy from Brooklyn comes of age in the first play in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical “Eugene Trilogy”—followed by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other—with laughter, tears, and love. It is 1937 in Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He is witty, perceptive, obsessed with sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees. As our guide through his “memoirs,” Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life's challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends—and a new one begins. Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
Author | : Lisa Belkin |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2015-08-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0316391409 |
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NOW AN HBO MINISERIES Not in my backyard -- that's the refrain commonly invoked by property owners who oppose unwanted development. Such words assume a special ferocity when the development in question is public housing. Lisa Belkin penetrates the prejudices, myths, and heated emotions stirred by the most recent trend in public housing as she re-creates a landmark case in riveting detail, showing how a proposal to build scattered-site public housing in middle-class neighborhoods nearly destroyed an entire city and forever changed the lives of many of its citizens. -- Public housing projects are being torn down throughout the United States. What will take their place? Show Me a Hero explores the answer. -- An important and compelling work of narrative nonfiction in the tradition of J. Anthony Lukas's Common Ground. -- A sweeping yet intimate group portrait that assesses the effects of public policy on individual human lives.
Author | : Randa Jarrar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS |
ISBN | : 9781941411315 |
Download Him, Me, Muhammad Ali Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With acerbic wit and tenderness, these often otherworldly stories capture the lives of Arab women across myriad geographies and circumstances.
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Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 1986 |
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Download The Collected Plays of Neil Simon: Little me ; The ginerbread lady ; The prisoner of second avenue ; The sunshine boys ; The good doctor ; God's favorite ; California suite ; chapter 2 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Gloria Whelan |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2009-10-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0061975826 |
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The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled—her life has been sold for a dowry. Can she forge her own future, even in the face of time-worn tradition? Perfect for schools and classrooms, this universally acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning novel by master of historical fiction Gloria Whelan is a gripping tale of hope that will transport readers of all ages.