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Those Oldies but Goodies
by Art Rodriguez
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dream House Press (2005-06-15)
ISBN: 0967155541
EAN: 9780967155548
Dewy Decimal #: 080
Paperback: 255 pages
Reading Level: Young Adult
SKU: 08030371
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine. 3/4" dentin upper right corner of front cover and text. Paper remnants of and insert glued to inside of front cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Beautiful copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Third in a series, this story begins with Art'ss release from the youth authority. As a young adult it takes a few years to get a control of his life. He marries young and only finds heartache. He toys with organized crime as he tries to run his new business. This young man survives his ordeal with the difficulties of life.
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Customer Reviews
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A real life narrative
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-03-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
In this sequel to East Side Dreams the author takes you through his life after his release from the California Youth Authority. The narrative covers his struggle to find employment - his description of the unemployment office on Alum Rock Avenue eerily familiar the world over, as well as his experimental use of LSD. The demise of his first marriage leaves him with the added responsibility of raising two young children. A natural optimism radiates throughout the book as the author describes his struggles with housework asking his acquaintances whether they `haven't heard...that a woman's work is never done?' The conclusion of the book shows him successfully married to his second wife, raising a large family and operating his own business having survived the temptation to cave in to pressures from organized crime.
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The true story of his adolescence and adulthood
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-05-06
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Award-winning Latino author Art Rodriguez presents the true story of his adolescence and adulthood in Those Oldies But Goodies. From his obstacles growing up, to the ups and downs of his love life and the difficulties of maintaining a marriage, raising children and facing down the pressures (and temptations!) of organized crime and more. Told with complete honesty, and no attempts to whitewash the author's choices and justifications, good or bad, Those Oldies But Goodies resonates with the tantalizing allure that only real life's rocky road can bring.
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