Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street (Paperback)

Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street By Lee Stringer, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Lee Stringer, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt (Foreword by)
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Description


In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer -- homeless and drug-addicted over the course of eleven years -- found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day, he used it to write. Soon, writing became a habit that won out over drugs. And soon, Lee Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Lee Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive, and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York City. Whether he is portraying "God's corner," as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzi, a hooker and "past-due tourist" whose infant he sometimes baby-sits; whether he recounts taking shelter underneath Grand Central by night and collecting cans by day, or making a living hawking Street News on the subway, Lee Stringer conveys the vitality and complexity of a down-and-out life. Rich with small acts of kindness, humor, and even heroism amid violence and desperation, Grand Central Winter offers a touching portrait of our shared humanity.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780671036546
ISBN-10: 0671036548
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication Date: November 1st, 1999
Pages: 256
Language: English