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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
The family dynamics are amazingly familiar: both extremely funny but also very sad. The grudges, the socialist ideas, the summer camps, the obsessive-compulsive relationships, it could have been written by my parents or any of my friend's parents who were all born in the Lower Eastside to Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Unfortunately, and I guess that's why I still find the story quite sad, is that Ms. Gallagher never really seemed to be able overcome the issues and deal in a positive way with the eccentricities of her parents and her relatives while they were alive.