Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by Kevin Kenerly. |
Summary |
In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer-homeless and drug-addicted for eleven years-found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time.With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York. Whether he is portraying "God's corner," as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzi, a hooker and "past-due tourist" whose infant he sometimes babysits, whether he recounts taking shelter underneath Grand Central by night and collecting cans by day or making a living hawking Street News on the subway, Lee Stringer conveys the vitality and complexity of a down-and-out life.Rich with small acts of kindness, humor, and even heroism amid violence and desperation, Grand Central Winter offers a touching portrait of our shared humanity. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
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Added Author |
Vonnegut, Kurt, author of foreword.
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Kenerly, Kevin, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781982452445 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982452447 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT11054900 |
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