A provocative and candid memoir spanning the first nineteen years of the
author’s life, The Bookie’s Daughter resonates with elements of Sopranos and
Running with Scissors-zany, violent, and oh-so-human. Written by Heather
Abraham, The Bookie’s Daughter is a wild ride through a childhood dominated by
Big Al, the author’s larger-than-life bookie father, and Bonnie, her
trigger-happy alcoholic mother. Devoted to their family yet in thrall to their
prodigious addictions, they… |
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