Growing Up by Gilbert Riswold, Russell Baker

352 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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This Pulitzer Prize-winner is "the saddest, funniest, most tragical yet comical picture of coming of age in the U.S.A. in the Depresson years and World War II that has ever been written."—Harrison Salisbury.

Community Reviews Summary of 187 reviews

Moods

funny 83%
lighthearted 66%
reflective 66%
hopeful 33%
informative 33%
adventurous 16%
emotional 16%
relaxing 16%
sad 16%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

Average rating

3.73

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