{"product_id":"cherry-street-alley-ernest-r-house-9781517603205","title":"Cherry Street Alley","description":"\u003cp\u003eA butcher knife whistled and crackled through gristle and bone as grandma cut through rabbits and squirrels. Browned, crisped, and mixed with a gravy made from milk, flour, and meat drippings, this was served as the daily feast.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat was 1939 in Depression-era Alton, Illinois, when Ernest R. House was born. So begins \u003ci\u003eCherry Street Alley\u003c\/i\u003e, his memoir of a childhood filled with adventures, mishaps, and family sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouse endures poverty and a rotating cast of guardians. Born into an extended family, he and his sister are sent to live with relatives after his father dies suddenly and his mother remarries. He recounts stories of coming-of-age in a rough neighborhood of Alton, a former riverboat town along the Mississippi River. Many remembrances are dotted with humor-such as growing up next to a whorehouse and having people mistake your home for it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere's violence in House's outlines of his relatives, including his father's loving-but criminal-personality. There's also compassion in a memoir about a family's struggles to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in the style of popular childhood memoirs \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Boy's Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCherry Street Alley\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest R. House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151760320X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517603205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Ernest R. House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716429705471,"sku":"9781517603205","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d647f027-d555-4d13-bcd2-6b4afa5a49c3.jpg?v=1705682310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cherry-street-alley-ernest-r-house-9781517603205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}