Friday, December 11, 2009

The way things were ...

... A study in upward mobility.

I'm a few years younger than Jack Rossi, but out backgrounds are virtually identical (I started at St. Veronica's, also staffed by the Immaculate Heart nuns) and what he writes here I can vouch for. His book is an excellent account of what it was like to grow up working-class in mid-20th century Philadelphia. Highly recommended.

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