Dough: A Memoir
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ISBN: 0061663417 / Publisher: Collins, August 2008
Trace the author's experiences as a member of a family of struggling bread shop owners in tenement-district Brooklyn, his grueling efforts to work his way through school, and his shocking discovery that his bachelor uncles had secretly amassed millions in stocks and bonds. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Mort Zachter's childhood revolved around a small, struggling shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side that sold bread and pastries. His was a classic story—a close-knit, hard-working family struggling to make it in America.Only they were rich. Very rich. At age thirty-six, after struggling to work his way though night school, Zachter discovered that his bachelor uncles, who ran the shop, had amassed millions of dollars in stocks and bonds. As he starts to clean out their apartment, Zachter discovers clues to their hidden lives that raise more questions than they answer. And in the end, he comes to realize that although he may not understand his family—and maybe never will—forgiveness and acceptance are what matter most.
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