A Kid From The Bronx: The Early Years

by Jeanne-Marie Banderet

Overview

The "Kid from the Bronx" is about a young girl's personal journey growing up during the 1940's and into the 1960's in an Italian/American home, in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. It covers a time period dating as far back as the turn of the century when her Sicilian grandmother and her family immigrated to the US and about the early WWII years, when her father, Pierre, a French/Swiss merchant marine who arrived in New York harbor for shore leave. It is a tale of Italian genealogy and the sacrifices of a strong youngster caring for a dying mother and grandmother.

The story tells about the strong maternal influence and attitudes that guided her life. It is a nostalgic view of simpler, less complicated times growing up in the 1950's; the struggles, triumphs and travails of her life in those years. Its focus is on the neighborhood in the NW section of the Bronx, bordering Woodlawn and Van Cortlandt Park bordering on Yonkers with acres and acres of green space, parks, parkways and playgrounds. The reader, seeking nostalgic or a historical perspective of these times in the Bronx, will be enchanted and entertained by the story of "A Kid From the Bronx."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781956271010
Publisher:	Desert Wind Press
Publication date:	10/21/2021
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Life has been good to Jeanne-Marie in many ways. She enjoyed many
learning opportunities and endeavors. Early on she helped start a family
painting and decorating business with her two sons and another partner.
She started another business selling and installing roofing and siding
throughout Rockland County. In New York, she obtained a real estate
license. In Florida, she obtained a Series 7 license to sell stocks and bonds.
She edited the monthly newsletter of the Adirondack Hiking Club; the
hiking trip to Ireland was fantastic. The many courses in art, interior
design and architectural studies, through Marymount College in
Tarrytown, NY, Parsons School of Design and NYU sharpened her skills.
Painting workshops in the US and Europe enhanced her focus. Over the
years, she traveled throughout the US, Italy and France broadening her
perspective about life and art. Creativity and art have sustained her,
writing her latest challenge. Jeanne-Marie remains inquisitive and open
to life, even in her older years.