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Paperback: 292 pages
Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing (June 22, 2005)
ISBN: 1589397207
Price: $14.95
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controlling mom. a cigar-chomping, sexually-questionable boss. an urn
full of cremated ashes. For Hymen "Hymie" Rosenblatt Hennessey, these
all comprise his "Wacky Track to Independence."
"Wacky
Track to Independence," the new novel by Bill Crocker , follows Hymie's
hilarious journey from introverted, confused teenager to confident
adult. While trying to break free of his mother's apron strings, Hymie
is drawn into a comic misadventure that involves quirky characters,
surprise twists and, finally, true independence.
From the back of the book:
Hymen
Rosenblatt Hennessey is the son of Mick and Bea Hennessey. Bea often
refers to Mick as an "alte kaker." This term is Yiddish and loosely
translates as old fart. Theirs is not a marriage made in heaven. As a
result, Hymie becomes an introverted, dependent young man who Bea
resolves to protect from her crotchety little mate and to ensure that
Hymie does not make any bad decisions or, in fact, any decisions at
all.
Bea
finds Hymie his first job (out of school) at the Maurice M. Mukitup
Memorial Medical Center. There, Hymie meets Gladys, his potty-mouthed,
cigar-smoking boss; an egocentric plastic surgeon, specializing in
creating "heavenly bodies;" Turtlesbutt, Tennessee's own Big Benny
Balhoon; and other bizarre characters.
Hymie's
life really heads for the dumper as he embarks on a two-day train trip
east to Chicago to bury his father's cremains. He is drawn into a
comically, convoluted misadventure that involves quirky characters,
surprise twists, and, finally, true independence.
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This is the story of one community and two towns: Hammonton and Marigold, company-owned dredger towns located 10 miles east of Marysville, California. Their founding was a direct result of the Gold Rush of 1849 and the subsequent hydraulic mining that followed.