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Author Childers, Mary, 1952-

Title Welfare brat : a memoir / Mary Childers.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B CHILDERS, MARY    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B CHILDERS    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  B CHILDERS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-CHILDERS, M.    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description vi, 263 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Cherry pie -- Sleepwalking toward the horizon -- Pants and jackets -- Triumph and shame -- Coney Island -- Moving -- Miracles -- Shakespeare -- Fresh air fund -- Huddled couples -- Birthdays -- A new apartment -- The watch -- Grand concourse -- Belonging -- Thigh gliding -- Lessons -- Carnival secrets -- Malcolm X and the Scarlet A -- Mace -- Summer camp -- Mother's helper -- Serendipity -- Ed Sullivan -- Advice -- Rumors and riots -- School strikes -- Sex and the Inner City -- Envelopes -- Dead man's float -- Rapprochement -- Country music, 1982.
Subject Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Childers, Mary, 1952- -- Childhood and youth.
Inner cities -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women, White -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Welfare recipients -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Childers, Mary, 1952- -- Family.
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Local Subject Poor people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
ISBN 1582345864
9781582345864
9781582345895 paperback : rebound
1582345899 paperback : rebound
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