The Kid from Marlborough Road
6 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Edward Burns
Author
Edward Burns
Narrator
Stanislav Fedorchuk
Narrator
Stanislav Fedorchuk
Description
If you write a poem about Jesus, you get a “five plus” at school. And then something even more incredible happens: a victory in a poetry contest, with a trophy that’s bigger than any sports prize. The award brings new gifts and hopes—his father hands him an old typewriter, and his mother gives him a stack of books, because it’s already clear to them that their son will become a writer.
And now the boy from Marlboro Street begins to write down his life—wittily, in an adult way, and sometimes with a child’s trusting sincerity. How should one behave at the wake for Grandpa McKinis? Can you pull Mom out of her sticky sadness? Where does Dad go when he falls silent and seems to be absent? Why does his older brother Tommy become unmanageable and no longer recognize any rules?
He watches it all, not yet realizing how the Irish-American environment shapes his character and future. Meanwhile, family stories link the past to the present: vivid tales of the Bronx and Hell’s Kitchen intertwine with a quieter, measured life in Gibson on Long Island.
“Boy from Marlboro Street” is a tender coming-of-age novel: sometimes funny, sometimes sad, a colorful Irish-American story—boisterous, warm, and full of life.
And now the boy from Marlboro Street begins to write down his life—wittily, in an adult way, and sometimes with a child’s trusting sincerity. How should one behave at the wake for Grandpa McKinis? Can you pull Mom out of her sticky sadness? Where does Dad go when he falls silent and seems to be absent? Why does his older brother Tommy become unmanageable and no longer recognize any rules?
He watches it all, not yet realizing how the Irish-American environment shapes his character and future. Meanwhile, family stories link the past to the present: vivid tales of the Bronx and Hell’s Kitchen intertwine with a quieter, measured life in Gibson on Long Island.
“Boy from Marlboro Street” is a tender coming-of-age novel: sometimes funny, sometimes sad, a colorful Irish-American story—boisterous, warm, and full of life.
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