{"product_id":"moments-in-flight-a-memoir-brings-the-immigrant-story-full-circle-recovers-lost-history-shares-hard-earned-practical-wisdom-9781977233240","title":"Moments in Flight: A Memoir: Brings the immigrant story full circle; recovers lost history; shares hard-earned practical wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the last half century of transformative cultural change, a memory-keeper shares personal voyages of discovery  voice-talents-self-love] beyond traditional boundaries of gender and culture. An engaging and wide-ranging coverage of how the times affected the author and the country that offers guidance today. Special features: Excerpts from 40 years of writing\/journaling, useful web sites, historical timelines, and a Book Club Discussion Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 is an extended eulogy to the immigrants and an active childhood in the south Bronx spent playing on the streets without constant adult supervision: Johnny pumps, stickball, the ice-man, horse drawn vegetable and fruit wagons, mal occhio, bocce, macaroni in numbered boxes, Uncle Dan the bookie, and Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra at Yankee Stadium. Part 2 details the impact of the famiglia's relocation to suburbia, the quick addition of two siblings, and coming of age during the relentless cultural upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s: Watts riots, assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, Vietnam, Kent State, Neil Armstrong, Woodstock, and Watergate. Part 3 is a bridge to today and life after work and parents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom chap 1: Meant to be a chronicler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I didn't love him until I had my fourth or fifth child.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was one of those times when the message arrives as a blow. I unconsciously tensed to lessen the impact of my beloved grandmother's frank admission, and felt the air forcibly expelled from me. For a few moments, I could not breathe or hear. Even now, decades later, my hands tremble as I type the words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy grandmother, in essence, was a mail order bride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781977233240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d","brand":"Jo-Ann Vega","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38607311438005,"sku":"9781977233240","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0942fc33-3df1-4259-91ce-9816f7075d7f.jpg?v=1614088548","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/moments-in-flight-a-memoir-brings-the-immigrant-story-full-circle-recovers-lost-history-shares-hard-earned-practical-wisdom-9781977233240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}