Growing Up Wise: A Memoir
Paperback 394 pages English July 13, 2021
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As the oldest daughter of a Hollywood motion picture writer and a mother who struggled with alcoholism, Susan Wise O'Hearn writes with candor and insight about her youth, family history, and Protestant and Jewish heritage. Family notables include a songwriter uncle and a great-grandfather who amassed a fortune in the New York tobacco distribution business-money that helped a grandson start Random House Books. Stories of humor, resilience, and adventures shared with a younger sister soften the shadow cast by her parents' volatile marriage. A look back at childhood friends, homes, and neighborhoods presents a snapshot of a young girl living a not-so-ordinary life.Growing Up Wise is a remarkable memoir that captures the essence of coming of age in Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s.
- Author:
- Susan O'Hearn
- Publisher:
- Luminare Press
- Publication Date:
- July 13, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 394 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1643886576
- ISBN-13:
- 9781643886572