The Resource The draw : a memoir, Lee Siegel
The draw : a memoir, Lee Siegel
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The item The draw : a memoir, Lee Siegel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "A young boy's awakening to the conflict between innate gifts and social class is at the center of this searing memoir about the unforgiving sovereignty of money. Hoping to make a killing in New Jersey real estate, the author's father, Monroe Siegel, takes a draw from his employer against unearned commission. When the recession hits in the 1970s, Monroe finds himself owing a small fortune to his firm. He sinks toward divorce and bankruptcy, while Lola, Lee's mother, suffers a nervous breakdown that turns her into a different person. Shamed and enraged by his father's fate, Lee grows up wondering what society owes a person who has failed materially but preserved his humanity. 'Other men got rewarded for their cold-heartedness, and often for their dishonesty, while he, Monroe Siegel, who had never hurt anyone, had to groan and stumble through life. Did not kindness deserve an income?' As a teen, Lee tries to make a different life for himself. He goes to a private college in the Midwest, is forced to leave due to his father's bankruptcy, and returns to New Jersey to work a series of menial jobs. He enrolls at a state college and then drops out to seek a better existence abroad, only to return to the United States in debt and in despair. Suddenly, a promising new life opens to him. At a price. The Draw touches on fundamental questions: How do we balance our obligations to ourselves with our obligations to others? What do we owe society when its rules have a legal basis but not a moral one? Written with startling candor and psychological acuity, Lee Siegels The Draw is for anyone who has ever struggled with money, or who has tried to break through the barriers of family and class. "--
- "A memoir about dwelling in a world of debt"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 250 p.
- Contents
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- You take
- Screaming from cars
- Run
- Heartland
- Showdown
- Sink and swim
- Send money, Kafka!
- Isbn
- 9780374178055
- Label
- The draw : a memoir
- Title
- The draw
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Lee Siegel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A young boy's awakening to the conflict between innate gifts and social class is at the center of this searing memoir about the unforgiving sovereignty of money. Hoping to make a killing in New Jersey real estate, the author's father, Monroe Siegel, takes a draw from his employer against unearned commission. When the recession hits in the 1970s, Monroe finds himself owing a small fortune to his firm. He sinks toward divorce and bankruptcy, while Lola, Lee's mother, suffers a nervous breakdown that turns her into a different person. Shamed and enraged by his father's fate, Lee grows up wondering what society owes a person who has failed materially but preserved his humanity. 'Other men got rewarded for their cold-heartedness, and often for their dishonesty, while he, Monroe Siegel, who had never hurt anyone, had to groan and stumble through life. Did not kindness deserve an income?' As a teen, Lee tries to make a different life for himself. He goes to a private college in the Midwest, is forced to leave due to his father's bankruptcy, and returns to New Jersey to work a series of menial jobs. He enrolls at a state college and then drops out to seek a better existence abroad, only to return to the United States in debt and in despair. Suddenly, a promising new life opens to him. At a price. The Draw touches on fundamental questions: How do we balance our obligations to ourselves with our obligations to others? What do we owe society when its rules have a legal basis but not a moral one? Written with startling candor and psychological acuity, Lee Siegels The Draw is for anyone who has ever struggled with money, or who has tried to break through the barriers of family and class. "--
- "A memoir about dwelling in a world of debt"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Siegel, Lee
- Dewey number
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- 818/.603
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Siegel, Lee
- Authors, American
- Critics
- Debt
- Downward mobility (Social sciences)
- Social values
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Label
- The draw : a memoir, Lee Siegel
- Contents
- You take -- Screaming from cars -- Run -- Heartland -- Showdown -- Sink and swim -- Send money, Kafka!
- Control code
- BK0018700261
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 250 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374178055
- Lccn
- 2016033248
- Label
- The draw : a memoir, Lee Siegel
- Contents
- You take -- Screaming from cars -- Run -- Heartland -- Showdown -- Sink and swim -- Send money, Kafka!
- Control code
- BK0018700261
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 250 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374178055
- Lccn
- 2016033248
Subject
- Critics -- United States -- Biography
- Debt -- United States
- Downward mobility (Social sciences) -- United States
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Social values -- United States
- United States -- Moral conditions
- Siegel, Lee, 1957-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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