· Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life: A Memoir. Like his brother before him, Stringer was surrendered to foster care, shortly after birth, by his unwed and underemployed mother—a common practice for unmarried women in mid-century America/5. · “In a riveting memoir, the author of the acclaimed Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street () goes back to his s troubled childhood as a foster kid growing up poor and black in a wealthy white neighborhood in upstate New York. When his blind fury at a racist insult leads to violence, Lee gets sent to a school for troubled boys, where most kids are white and middle class and he . After his angry outburst, he is sent to Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School, a sleep away school for young boys in crisis. The author, Lee Stringer, entertains us with stories of how he learns to live away from home in a foreign environment with structure and where /5(11).
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The clash of being poor and black in an affluent, largely white New York suburb begins to foment pain and rage which erupts, more often than not, when he is at school. One violent episode results in his expulsion from the sixth grade and his subsequent three-year stint at Hawthorne, the "sleepaway school" of the title. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Sleepaway School: A Memoir by Lee Stringer (Paperback, ) at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!. Sleepaway School. Author: Lee Stringer. Language: This book should contain text in eng. Pages: Binding: HRD. Publication Date: Publisher: Seven Stories Press. ISBN/EAN:
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