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Honky Author: As recalled in Honky, Dalton Conley’s childhood has all of the classic elements of growing up in America. But the fact that he was one of the few white boys in a mostly black and Puerto Rican neighborhood on Manhattan’s Lower East Side makes Dalton’s childhood unique. — At the age of three, he couldn’t understand wh... more »
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If you enjoyed The Liar's Club and The Glass Castle, you will enjoy Honky. Great writing, funny, tragic, and thoughtful.
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I really enjoyed Conley's examination of the role of race in America. He brings a very unique perspective! I highly recommend this book
Really illuminating! I enjoyed it, and related in some ways, having grown up as a white person in a city, albeit a much more integrated neighborhood than the Lower East Side projects. As a woman, it was amazing to see how different boys' rituals are.
Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Children's Studies
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> Urban
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Discrimination & Racism
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> Race Relations >> General