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Author: Patricia Vaccarino Publisher: Modus Operandi Books ISBN: 9780996349468 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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From the edge of the Hudson River, we travel with fifteen year old Cookie Colangelo into The Heart of Yonkers. Close to the river's edge, it was hot enough to take your clothes off and think about jumping into the water. Cookie has been slow to mature sexually. When her sexual awakening does occur, it's a huge explosion, all-consuming and emotionally powerful. She desperately wants a boyfriend but will not settle for a dumb Yonkers guy. Then she meets Stanley di Falco and falls hard. This Vietnam War Vet has recently returned home. Stanley is vulnerable and trying to come to terms with his own humanity. While Cookie does everything in her power to seduce him, her age is an obstacle to consummating the relationship. Throughout this story, the presence of the river is a brilliant metaphor providing context for unforgettable characters. Meet Jimmy the Midget who owns the Midget Bar on top of hardscrabble Nodine Hill. This popular watering hole is a refuge for working stiffs to drown themselves in the drink and to get solace from a midget who possesses uncanny insight into people. As a ruse to get close to Stanley di Falco, Cookie befriends his mother Bertha Sokól, who is a refugee and survivor of the slaughter at Nowy Targ in Poland. Many characters from the first Yonkers book are back too. They're older but are they wiser? Black B-boy dancer Herman Lynch and his grandmother Mable Kerry continue to be the ballast in Cookie's unstable world. Cookie's parents are stranger and funnier than ever. The Queen Bee of Italian girls Toni Ferlinghetti embarks on a new reign of terror. Ultimately, The Heart of Yonkers is about kissing...well, learning how to kiss, or maybe, it's about much more than kissing.
Author: Patricia Vaccarino Publisher: Modus Operandi Books ISBN: 9780996349468 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
Book Description
From the edge of the Hudson River, we travel with fifteen year old Cookie Colangelo into The Heart of Yonkers. Close to the river's edge, it was hot enough to take your clothes off and think about jumping into the water. Cookie has been slow to mature sexually. When her sexual awakening does occur, it's a huge explosion, all-consuming and emotionally powerful. She desperately wants a boyfriend but will not settle for a dumb Yonkers guy. Then she meets Stanley di Falco and falls hard. This Vietnam War Vet has recently returned home. Stanley is vulnerable and trying to come to terms with his own humanity. While Cookie does everything in her power to seduce him, her age is an obstacle to consummating the relationship. Throughout this story, the presence of the river is a brilliant metaphor providing context for unforgettable characters. Meet Jimmy the Midget who owns the Midget Bar on top of hardscrabble Nodine Hill. This popular watering hole is a refuge for working stiffs to drown themselves in the drink and to get solace from a midget who possesses uncanny insight into people. As a ruse to get close to Stanley di Falco, Cookie befriends his mother Bertha Sokól, who is a refugee and survivor of the slaughter at Nowy Targ in Poland. Many characters from the first Yonkers book are back too. They're older but are they wiser? Black B-boy dancer Herman Lynch and his grandmother Mable Kerry continue to be the ballast in Cookie's unstable world. Cookie's parents are stranger and funnier than ever. The Queen Bee of Italian girls Toni Ferlinghetti embarks on a new reign of terror. Ultimately, The Heart of Yonkers is about kissing...well, learning how to kiss, or maybe, it's about much more than kissing.
Author: Patricia Vaccarino Publisher: Modus Operandi Books ISBN: 9780996349413 Category : Languages : en Pages : 458
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YONKERS Yonkers! is for Young Adult readers, yet readers of all ages can learn how our turbulent political times have been shaped by our past. Welcome to working class Yonkers circa 1969-71! This coming-of-age story captures Woodstock, the Vietnam War, a bad President in the the White House, chaos and a fundamental breakdown of social order.
Author: Neil Simon Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. ISBN: 9780573693366 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 110
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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: Patricia Vaccarino Publisher: Modus Operandi Books ISBN: 9781736546260 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Yonkers Carnegie Library was commonly held to be the most beautiful building in the city. No one seemed to know for sure why it was destroyed. The circumstances that led to the death of the library are steeped in half-truths, incredible lies, and wild rumors that range from political corruption to bumbling incompetence. One rumor focuses on the true intentions of the Mayor of the time, Angelo Martinelli, and his desire to undo the white flight to the east side of Yonkers. Rumors hinting of racism-the area surrounding the library had become increasingly populated with blacks and Puerto Ricans-is also explored as a reason why the library was destroyed. Corruption in Yonkers city government has also been alleged, and while without having a smoking gun, it's hard to prove people took money under the table, the chronic pattern of cronyism is undeniable. Among the rumor mill, claims persist that Angelo Martinelli wanted to build a sleek high-rise tower to replace both the Yonkers City Hall and the library. Other rumors suggest the library was razed to make room for a bridge to New Jersey. Another allegation accuses Yonkers City Council Member Harry Oxman of sacrificing the library to spare his small-time dry cleaning business. And finally, the library itself has been accused of being its own worst enemy. What really happened?
Author: Patricia Vaccarino Publisher: ISBN: 9781736546277 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Yonkers Beats: A Discussion Guide is is intended for use by teachers, librarians, book clubs-or anyone who wants-to examine the controversial topics in Patricia Vaccarino's Yonkers Trilogy. The guide is intended to stimulate critical thinking in order to engender rewarding conversations. The three books in the Yonkers Trilogy are: So Not Yonkers, the third book in the Yonkers Trilogy, published on May 1, 2023. The two prior books in the Yonkers trilogy are The Heart of Yonkers (2020) and YONKERS Yonkers!: A Story of Race and Redemption (2018). All three books are crossovers to both Young Adult and Adult historical literary fiction.
Author: Wayne Curtis Publisher: Rodale ISBN: 1609613724 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 258
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In 1909, Edward Payson Weston walked from New York to San Francisco, covering around 40 miles a day and greeted by wildly cheering audiences in every city. The New York Times called it the "first bona-fide walk . . . across the American continent," and eagerly chronicled a journey in which Weston was beset by fatigue, mosquitos, vicious headwinds, and brutal heat. He was 70 years old. Using the framework of Weston’s fascinating and surprising story, journalist Wayne Curtis investigates exactly what we lost when we turned away from foot travel, and what we could potentially regain with America’s new embrace of pedestrianism. From how our brains and legs evolved to accommodate our ancient traveling needs to the way that American cities have been designed to cater to cars and discourage pedestrians, Curtis guides readers through an engaging, intelligent exploration of how something as simple as the way we get from one place to another continues to shape our health, our environment, and even our national identity. Not walking, he argues, may be one of the most radical things humans have ever done.
Author: Dimitrios James George Florakis Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595361838 Category : Languages : en Pages : 73
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It was WW II and the Germans occupied Athens, Greece. The sounds of the Germans' marching boots made everyone tremble from fear and hundreds of thousands suffered from hunger. All of this was the backdrop for the dream of a young boy who had lost his father and was struggling to survive and find a better life. Finally, freedom from danger, hunger and economic squalor happened when the young boy, Dimitrios, decided to drop everything and to leave to start a new life in the New World. This decision was filled with its own uncertainties, but also offered excitement and promise for a bright new future.
Author: Anna Katharine Green Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 246
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'The Millionaire Baby' is a dramatic novel written by Anna Katharine Green. The story follows Phil Ocumpaugh as he offers a desperate plea for help in finding his beloved daughter, Gwendolen, who has vanished without a trace. The six-year-old has been missing since the scorching afternoon of August 16th and has not been seen or heard from since. In a desperate attempt to bring her home, Ocumpaugh is offering a staggering reward of $5,000 to anyone who can provide information that leads to the recovery of his precious daughter, whether she is found alive or dead.
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
Author: Neil Simon
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
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Author: Wayne Curtis
Author: Dimitrios James George Florakis
Author: Anna Katharine Green