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Bobby : A Memoir

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Overview

A boy's story of growing up as a member of an extended immigrant family from Cornwall, England, in the bustling, multi-ethnic town of Ironwood, Michigan-the commercial center of the far-western Upper Peninsula-during the Great Depression and World War II.

Bobby is a richly detailed memoir that captures the rhythms of small-town life in Ironwood, Michigan, through the eyes of a reflective narrator growing up in the mid-twentieth century. Told with warmth, humor, and a touch of melancholy, the book traces a family's intertwining stories-of love and hardship, pride and loss-set against the rugged backdrop of the Upper Peninsula. Through vivid vignettes of home life, community rituals, and colorful relatives, the narrator reconstructs a vanished world shaped by iron ore mines, church bells, and family expectations. At its heart, Bobby is an affectionate and deeply human portrait of a bygone America-one where memory and place converge to illuminate the endurance of family and the passage from innocence to understanding.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781968761608
  • ISBN-10: 1968761608
  • Publisher: Mission Point Press
  • Publish Date: August 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.88 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.31 pounds
  • Page Count: 318

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