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"Like so many other immigrants, Meyer Nudelman came to America (from Russia) at the turn of the twentieth century, in search of a better life -- if not for him, then for his eventual children. By the time his youngest son Sherwin came along, he was hobbled and unsteady on his feet, and beset by angry women (wife, wife's mother, wife's sister) who have some unknown grudge against him. His one ally, Sherwin, is acutely embarrassed by his father's weakness and dependence on him. The author, a clinical professor of surgery at Yale and author of the bestselling _How We Die_, recalls a life of harrowing poverty, unhappiness, and mysterious secrets that only became clear to him many years later. (He also reveals his treatment for depression with electroshock therapy.) Nuland's memoir shows the cruelty of children to their parents, the struggle of immigrant life, and the tiny victories on the way to success in a strange and unfriendly land."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Russian
Gender/Class story?
- immigrant story
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Kind of living:
- general poverty story
Family, ill
Yes
Who?
- Father
because he/she is
- physically ill
If this is a culture clash:
- family young v. old guard
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Jew
Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- depressed
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- love/sex
- decency
- selfishness
- dying
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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