Growing Up Bronx edition by HA Hargreaves Literature Fiction eBooks
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Growing Up Bronx, allows readers a poignant insight into the mentors and influences that shaped one of Canada's brilliant writers of science fiction. Hargreaves takes you through the Great Depression and WWII, in his native Bronx neighbourhood, into the lives of shopkeepers and family, heartache and triumph.
This is definitely a must-have collection of short stories to complete the canon of H.A. Hargreaves' work.
Growing Up Bronx edition by HA Hargreaves Literature Fiction eBooks
Reason for Reading: I like reading memoirs of growing up during the '30s-'50s.This is a quaint, endearing story of a man's childhood in the Bronx during the Depression up through the early years of WWII. The author, mostly known as a Canadian science fiction writer, started life as an American and here he tells stories of the people who most made an impression on him in his youth. Hargreaves has a entertaining voice and these tales are a pleasure to read, however they are quaint and not much really happens in them. Each chapter is a story separate from the others, more like a vignette of his life, focusing on one person who was important to him, now looking back. Each story runs the course of time and thus the stories overlap each other time-wise and certain events in Hargreaves life will be mentioned repeatedly. I actually liked this approach, rather than a chronological one. Hargreaves mother died quite tragically and suddenly and this is revisited in most stories from a different angle, a different perspective and we see what an effect it had on his life. Every story was enjoyable, but all said and done quite laid back. This is a book you can pick up and read a chapter then set down and pick up again at any time to read the next one and not loose any continuity. I'm glad to have read the book as I enjoy this type of literature but I think the book will be of most interest to those who know the author's work as a science fiction writer and want to add this glimpse of his childhood to their collection.
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Growing Up Bronx edition by HA Hargreaves Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This collection of short stories takes you on a personal journey through the eyes of H.A Hargreaves, which is utterly mesmerizing and truly captivating throughout. It is an insight so truthful on one of the most fascinating and influential writer's from Canada, who takes the science fiction genre to astounding new heights. Reading this book was like opening a window into the hearts of those who write with passion, enthusiasm, creative spirit and enjoyment, thus sharing their ideas and visions with the world so that others are able to enjoy and share their creative imaginings. You are taken on a journey of discovery where the very roots and foundations of inspiration are formed to produce the most spectacular outcomes; from the great depression and World War two in his native Bronx neighborhood to the lives of those individuals that surrounded him impacting on his life. For those who are already a fan of H.A Hargreaves then this book is a must have, as it tells you the inspiration behind the creativity of a genre that is not easy to write about nor write about with such originality, uniqueness and skill. Every single story is thoroughly engaging and fascinating from beginning to end, being a book that is a must read for this year being something that you are completely unable to put down.
Reason for Reading I like reading memoirs of growing up during the '30s-'50s.
This is a quaint, endearing story of a man's childhood in the Bronx during the Depression up through the early years of WWII. The author, mostly known as a Canadian science fiction writer, started life as an American and here he tells stories of the people who most made an impression on him in his youth. Hargreaves has a entertaining voice and these tales are a pleasure to read, however they are quaint and not much really happens in them. Each chapter is a story separate from the others, more like a vignette of his life, focusing on one person who was important to him, now looking back. Each story runs the course of time and thus the stories overlap each other time-wise and certain events in Hargreaves life will be mentioned repeatedly. I actually liked this approach, rather than a chronological one. Hargreaves mother died quite tragically and suddenly and this is revisited in most stories from a different angle, a different perspective and we see what an effect it had on his life. Every story was enjoyable, but all said and done quite laid back. This is a book you can pick up and read a chapter then set down and pick up again at any time to read the next one and not loose any continuity. I'm glad to have read the book as I enjoy this type of literature but I think the book will be of most interest to those who know the author's work as a science fiction writer and want to add this glimpse of his childhood to their collection.
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