Stuccoville - by Charles Lewis Radke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Chuck Radke was raised in Fresno, California, in a neighborhood situated within a vast fig orchard and bordered by the Santa Fe Railroad. His father called the area Stuccoville.</p><p>Just a month before Chuck turns eight, his father drives off in their Buick Skyhawk to start a new life with a thinner, prettier woman. The young boy and his chronically ill mother, whose body is ravaged by lupus, are left to redefine their family as they face the world together.</p><p>Twelve-year-old Chuck hosts Tupperware parties to raise extra money. He administers his mother's assortment of medications when she's in too much pain to do it herself. He learns to make meals out of whatever is available, even if it's only tomatoes, mayonnaise and bread.</p><p>Remarkably, Chuck's mother defies the medical establishment's expectations for survival. Her courage and determination shape the character of her only child.</p><p>Despite medical and financial struggles, mother and son find hope and connection in ways as momentous as surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident and as minor as baseball and small, hypoallergenic dogs.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"This is really a beautiful book: wise, kind, generous and sometimes heartbreaking." Steve Yarbrough, author of <em>The Unmade World </em>and <em>The End of California </em>https: //www.steveyarbrough.net</p><p><br></p><p>"Combining a novelist's command of character and plot with a memoirist's instincts and a poet's command of language....Unflinchingly honest, suspenseful, humorous, and at times heartbreaking, Radke's story is shaped by loss and illness, but also by moments of undeniable grace."</p><p> Steven Church, author of I'm Just Getting to the Disturbing Part: On Work, Fear, and Fatherhood</em>, editor of The Normal School: A Literary Magazine. </em></p><p><br></p><p>Stuccoville</em> Life Without a Net</em> </em>explores the profoundly interdependent relationship between a boy and his mother, whose chronic and increasingly debilitating illness shapes both of their lives.... a compelling story of complicated familial love and commitment...." Corrinne Clegg Hales, author of To Make it Right</em></p><p> </p><p>"This exuberant and harrowing story of difficult lives, of sacrifice and incapacity, is rendered with wit, charm, and intelligence. There's not a false step taken. There's not a sentimental moment." John Dufresne, author of Requiem, Mass. </em>and Love Warps the Mind a Little </em>http: //johndufresne.com/</p><br>
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