Table Money

Table Money
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 624
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ISBN-10 : 9781453245392
ISBN-13 : 1453245391
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Table Money by : Jimmy Breslin

Download or read book Table Money written by Jimmy Breslin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAs a city worker and former war hero tumbles into alcoholism, his wife fights to hold on to her newfound freedom/divDIV /divDIVOwney Morrison has walked the catacombs underneath New York City since he was eleven. His father was a sandhog—a tunnel worker—and the first to introduce him to the miles of passageways snaking beneath the ground./divDIV /divDIVNow an adult, back from Vietnam with a Medal of Honor and no work prospects, Owney takes up the family legacy, digging and maintaining the tunnels that provide the city with water. It is dangerous work, and at the end of each shift he deserves a few drinks. But when alcohol takes control of him, his wife Dolores is left with a decision. Should she take her baby daughter and cut ties with her husband, or stay and risk being dragged under by a man who feels safest one hundred feet below the street?/divDIV /divDIVAt once witty and moving, Table Money is a memorable portrait of family and marriage in modern America./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div


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