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Chislett, Howard

 
9780595381784: From This Place and Time: A Memoir
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ISBN 10 : 0595381782 ISBN 13 : 9780595381784
Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

In this funny yet bittersweet memoir, author Howard Chislett takes us on a journey that spans twenty years of his life. By sharing stories of his early days-from growing up in a working-class area of Boston known as Jamaica Plain to landing his first full-time job-Chislett paints a realistic portrait of life in America during the 1950s and 1960s.After navigating the pitfalls of junior high and high school, Chislett graduates in 1961. He enters the workforce and finds that this new world offers challenges of its own. His first official job as a laboratory assistant lasts two years before he decides to earn his college degree. But his fractious attempts at higher education only serve as a blueprint of what not to do. It is during the miraculous summer of 1963 that his life changes forever. When Chislett asks his coworker, Joanne, out on a date, what follows is a whirlwind courtship that leads to a marriage proposal and a lifelong love.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this funny yet bittersweet memoir, author Howard Chislett takes us on a journey that spans twenty years of his life. By sharing stories of his early days-from growing up in a working-class area of Boston known as Jamaica Plain to landing his first full-time job-Chislett paints a realistic portrait of life in America during the 1950s and 1960s.After navigating the pitfalls of junior high and high school, Chislett graduates in 1961. He enters the workforce and finds that this new world offers challenges of its own. His first official job as a laboratory assistant lasts two years before he decides to earn his college degree. But his fractious attempts at higher education only serve as a blueprint of what not to do. It is during the miraculous summer of 1963 that his life changes forever. When Chislett asks his coworker, Joanne, out on a date, what follows is a whirlwind courtship that leads to a marriage proposal and a lifelong love.

Biographie de l'auteur

Howard Chislett was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been a lab worker, a schoolteacher, a sales clerk, and a college instructor. Chislett and his wife, Joanne, have two daughters and two grandchildren. They live in northern New Jersey.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595381782
ISBN 13 
9780595381784
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
130
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Personne responsable
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