Growing Up is Russell Baker's memoir about his experiences growing up during the Great Depression and his relationship with his mother, Lucy, who struggles as a single parent through much of his youth. Baker's reminiscences focus on Lucy, who eventually becomes senile and can no longer share her thoughts and memories with her son.
Russell Baker (born 1925) was one of the most distinguished practitioners of the personal-political essay in the English language.Russell Baker was born in rural Morrisonville, Virginia on August 14, ...
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