Lost Lustre : A New York Memoir (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from joemmama

Josh Karlen has written a terrific memoir about the lost days of decades, not so long in the past. From his terrifying childhood in the projects of Alphabet City, to the dives where he followed music, Karlen writes beautifully. Remembering a friend, a musician and writer who died too young, his w...

from joemmama

Josh Karlen has written a terrific memoir about the lost days of decades, not so long in the past. From his terrifying childhood in the projects of Alphabet City, to the dives where he followed music, Karlen writes beautifully. Remembering a friend, a musician and writer who died too young, his w...

from lauriebrown54

Born in 1964, the author grew up in a poverty stricken, crime ridden part of New York City. This book chronicles his life from childhood to college in a series of related essays. The misery of growing up as a Jewish child with his mother and step-father in a black and Puerto Rican neighborhood th...

from lauriebrown54

Born in 1964, the author grew up in a poverty stricken, crime ridden part of New York City. This book chronicles his life from childhood to college in a series of related essays. The misery of growing up as a Jewish child with his mother and step-father in a black and Puerto Rican neighborhood th...

from annesion

Once again I really wanted to like this book. This book had the stuff I wanted! New York in the 1970's and early 80's, crime, dirt, etc. Somehow this really didn't come across as what I expected. Something was missing. I read this put it away, and then read some more. For someone living in and be...