I love Gootie : my grandmother's story / Max Apple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apple, Max.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apple, Max--Family.

Apple, Max.

Apple, Max--Childhood and youth.

Authors, American--20th century--Family relationships.

Authors, American.

Families.

Jews--Michigan--Social life and customs.

Jews.

Grandmothers--Michigan--Biography.

Grandmothers.

Manners and customs.

Michigan.

Jewish women--Michigan--Biography.

Jewish women.

Immigrants--Michigan--Biography.

Immigrants.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Warner Books, [1998]

Summary:

Max Apple describes what it was like to be an American boy raised by a Yiddish-speaking grandmother who approached everything, from acne to dating to career choices, from the perspective of a time and place long past. Here is Gootie coping with the frayed relationships within her own family and her less than happy marriage to the wildly determined and self-styled American, Rocky. Here is Gootie coping with anti-Semitic neighbors and outlandish business propositions. And here is Gootie offering a hilarious, alternate-reality commentary on grandson Max's first teenage love affair. Conjuring up a great world around a tiny, muddy Lithuanian village, Gootie gave Max the ultimate gift of all: the art of storytelling itself.

ISBN:

0446520748

OCLC:

37761821