A Woman of Uncertain Character The Amorous and Radical Adventures of My Mother Jennie (Who Always Wanted to Be a Respectable Jewish Mom) by Her Bastard Son

Other author Sigal, Clancy
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Publication InfoNew York : Open Road Integrated Media, LLC
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Summary Annotation A righteous memoir of mother and son in a turbulent time: part love letter from child to mother and part suspenseful adventure chronicleJennie Persily, with her fiery red hair, buxom figure, and bohemian spirit, is a strong-willed fighter for justice and a passionate lover. A Russian-Jewish émigré who organizes unions in the sweatshops and on the mean streets of Chicago during the thirties and forties, Jennie frequently brings her sonthe books author, Clancy Sigalalong to rallies and on dangerous missions, often eluding union-busting hit men.As unsentimental, intelligent, and brazen as its subject, A Woman of Uncertain Character is a candid look into a childhood shaped by a feverishly brave, sexually open, and very complex mother. Sigal gains a deep, satisfying understanding of the woman who made him, and the world that made her.
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