Author : Chuck Cascio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530123797
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)
Book Synopsis The Fire Escape Stories by : Chuck Cascio
Download or read book The Fire Escape Stories written by Chuck Cascio and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fire Escape Stories, Volume I, is comprised of nine episodes that make up Mike Burns's strongest childhood memories of living in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s. Mike and his cousin, Salvatore "Sally-Boy" Boccanera are born one minute apart, in the same hospital, and it seems like they'll never be more than a minute apart the rest of their lives. Their experiences knocking around the city are challenging, funny, touching, and at times disturbing-all of the ingredients that define growing up. Life lessons happen in the Italian bakery Sally-Boy's father owns, where the boys loll and play, with ears and eyes wide open. But maybe the biggest lesson of all looms over Mike's father, who's determined to make drastic changes in pursuit of a better life. Hanging in the balance, at the center of the boys' tumultuous lives, is the fire escape. It's a place that is uniquely theirs, and Mike best describes its spell, recalling how it reeks in the rain, blisters in the sun, and ices over in the snow. It's where he and Sally-Boy talk and think and philosophize and plot and try to understand all they can about themselves and the world.