Growing Up Summary
Russell Baker

Growing Up Summary

Russell Baker's memoir describes his childhood in rural Virginia, his youth growing up in the Great Depression, and his young adulthood in Baltimore with his mother. Russell's reminiscences are centered on his relationship with his mother, a single parent through much of his youth, who eventually grows senile and is unable to tell him about her own life growing up.

Lucy is the daughter of a gentile Virginia lawyer who dies unexpectedly, leaving...

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