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Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon

Brighton Beach Memoirs

By Neil Simon

By Neil Simon

Paperback $14.00

Nov 01, 1995 | 144 Pages

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
Paperback
Nov 01, 1995 | 144 Pages

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    Nov 01, 1995 | 144 Pages

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About Brighton Beach Memoirs

A young boy from Brooklyn comes of age in the first play in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical “Eugene Trilogy”—followed by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.

Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other—with laughter, tears, and love. It is 1937 in Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He is witty, perceptive, obsessed with sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees.

As our guide through his “memoirs,” Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life’s challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends—and a new one begins.

Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play

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Product Details

Category: Biography & Memoir | 20th Century U.S. History

Paperback | $14.00
Published by Plume
Nov 01, 1995 | 144 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452275287

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Praise for Brighton Beach Memoirs

“Humorous and poignant—something to celebrate! Neil Simon’s love letter to his past….Brighton Beach Memoirs belongs to the family genre where the passwords are forgive and remember.”—Time

“Neil Simon’s richest play.”—New York Daily News

Awards

NY Drama Critics Circle Award WINNER

Tony Award AWARD

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