The Fifties brought good times to Auburn-Gresham on Chicago's South
Side. The thriving business district around 79th & Halsted
pulsed with activity. Enter the Murphy family, eight strong and
growing. Off go four kids to St. Leo Catholic grammar school, where
the Sisters of Providence fervidly teach Religion from the
Baltimore Catechism.
This warm and funny memoir follows the author from age eight
through high school and just beyond. Humorous stories describe life
in a family headed by a devoted blue-collar dad and a protective
homebody mom. Outnumbered by brothers, two sisters stand up for
themselves with admirable pluck. They take piano lessons and win
music medals. The boys make forts and push carts - and enough
trouble to merit occasional "lickings" from dad's belt. There are
sibling rivalries, issues at school and fistfights with kids on the
way home.
Long bike rides and flights downtown on the "El" train provide
escape for the growing brothers. Most things have a funny side,
even algebra and "jug." Touch football games, chats in the gangway
and crushes on unsuspecting girls fill the author's passing days.
Much that seemed crucial in 1958 looks comical a half century
later.
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