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Charlie Carillo

Auteur van Raising Jake

13 Werken 514 Leden 32 Besprekingen Favoriet van 1 leden

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Charles Carillo has written several novels including Shepherd Avenue (1986) and My Ride with Gus (1996), the blackly comic account of twenty-four hours in the life of Jimmy Gambar and his brother Gus "The Ghost" Gambuzzo. Between 1978 and 1993, Carillo was a reporter for the New York Post. He now toon meer works as a television producer in New York. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

Werken van Charlie Carillo

Raising Jake (2009) 241 exemplaren
One Hit Wonder (2010) 98 exemplaren
Shepherd Avenue (1986) 65 exemplaren
My Ride with Gus (1997) 52 exemplaren
Found Money (2012) 21 exemplaren
God Plays Favorites (2012) 17 exemplaren
Return to Shepherd Avenue (2017) 9 exemplaren
MOON CAKE (2019) 2 exemplaren
THE SKYLIGHT ROOM (2021) 2 exemplaren
Finding Maggie 2 exemplaren
Last Ride With Gus 1 exemplaar

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still not loving the books written from a man's perspective (is that bad?) was not a GREAT book, but it was good - i downloaded it when it was free on the kindle. good father/son bonding book and also honest perspective of the things we tell ourselves about our past and assumptions we make about our pasts and what they say about ourselves.
 
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Asauer72 | 11 andere besprekingen | Jul 3, 2023 |
Surprisingly good for a book I either got for free or really, really cheap for my kindle a long time back. I finally read it and I was pleasantly surprised. The plot moved nicely and wasn't cliched in the least bit. The main characters were nicely developed through the course of the book. A nice light read that wasn't silly or maudlin or poorly written.
 
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AliceAnna | 11 andere besprekingen | Jan 21, 2022 |
This is an absolutely amazing book. Dad is a mess, Jake starts off seemingly even messier. But somehow it ends on a note of hope, and competence. A very enjoyable read.
 
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Cfo6 | 11 andere besprekingen | Mar 19, 2018 |
This was a great story. Humorous, sad, entertaining and very enjoyable to read.

Joey Ambrosio is a children's book writer and illustrator. He has had a very successful career and is well known to many. He becomes even more well known when he climbs to the top of Brooklyn Bridge to spread his father's ashes.

This starts what could be called "Joey's midlife crises". One of the major things he does is buy his childhood home that is located in a very seedy part of Brooklyn and have the bars on the windows removed. Not a really smart thing to do, Joey is white, probably the only one in the neighborhood.

The story describes Joey's life both past and present and I enjoyed reading and living in Joey's world.

Huge thanks to Lyrical Press and Net Galley for the approval and providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
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debkrenzer | May 20, 2017 |

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Werken
13
Leden
514
Populariteit
#48,284
Waardering
3.9
Besprekingen
32
ISBNs
23
Talen
1
Favoriet
1

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