{"product_id":"a-kid-from-marlboro-road-hardcover","title":"A Kid from Marlboro Road - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Irish-American family comes to life through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy in this debut novel by actor-filmmaker Ed Burns. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmigrants and storytellers, lilting voices and Long Island moxie are all part of this colorful Irish-Catholic community in 1970s New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, is at a wake. He takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure. The overflowing crowd--a sign of a life well lived--comprises sandhogs in their muddy work boots, Irish grandmothers in black dresses, cops in uniform, members of the family deep in mourning. He watches it all, not yet realizing how this Irish American world defines who he is and who he will become. His older brother Tommy has no patience for rules and domesticities, his father is emotionally elsewhere. This boy knows he's the best thing his mother's got, though her sadness envelops them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Kid from Marlboro Road\u003c\/i\u003e, past and present intermingle as family stories are told and retold. The narrative careens between the prior generation's colorful sojourns in the Bronx and Hell's Kitchen and the softer world of Gibson, the town on Long Island where they live now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont racetrack, and in Montauk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdward Burns's buoyant first novel is a bildungsroman. Out of one boy's story a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American tale, raucous and joyous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith eight pages of photographs of some of the people and historical locations that inspired characters and scenes in the novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Woodside, Queens and raised on Long Island\u003cb\u003e, EDWARD BURNS\u003c\/b\u003e has made fourteen feature films as a writer-director-actor and starred in many films, including \u003ci\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e. Burns' first film \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers McMullen\u003c\/i\u003e, premiered in competition at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury prize. The film also won \"Best First Feature\" at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2015, he published \u003ci\u003eIndependent Ed\u003c\/i\u003e; an inside look at his two decades as a pioneer in independent filmmaking. \u003ci\u003eA Kid from Marlboro Road\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel, based on his childhood memories and the Irish American communities of the Bronx and Long Island. Burns lives in New York City with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751806927136,"sku":"9781644214077","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee6b95fc8be6ded559954893b73c0d9d.webp?v=1779980599","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-kid-from-marlboro-road-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}