Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Grand Rapids

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This unique volume contains twenty-eight fascinating life stories of people — many of whom went on to become famous — who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The coming-of-age stories in Thin Ice relate a range of experiences both good and bad, including happy memories and heartwarming recollections but also personal traumas, intergenerational and racial conflicts, the strictures of religious belief and practice, the joys and sorrows of young romance, and more. Above and beyond t...