Leave the Kid Alone: A Fractured Remembrance

"Historians and baby boomers alike will recall the 1950s as a golden age. A golden age of television, sports and the American family dream. Steve Zettler's insightful Leave the Kid Alone, reveals the tarnish and the shadow that hung over this golden age... a great and insightful memoir." Dan Lauria, star of The Wonder Years

Stevie is seven years old, going on eight, and the world is his oyster.

He's growing up above the family restaurant/bar/country inn, nestled in the free-spirited, alcohol-...