Evert Santiago Santiago itibaren Novooleksandrivka, Odessa Oblast, Ukrayna
It was with a heavy sigh that I began yet another bit of required reading from my Brooklynite in-laws--this one a young girl's coming of age story... 400+ pages and a few sob-sessions later, I finished one of the most tender and true novels I've ever read...I'd venture to say that the solution to any of life's pitfalls might be found between the covers of this book: death, birth, unemployment, class warfare, alcohol, first love, first job, sibling rivalry, class warfare, lousy schoolteachers, marriage gone sour, and how to take your kids fishing if you don't, in fact, know how to fish... All told with a precise eye for detail, humor, dialogue, and the bonds of a strong-willed family...
Has also a movie.