- Genre:biography & autobiography
- Sub-genre:Historical
- Language:English
- Pages:128
- Paperback ISBN:9798350995183
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"Stew not Stu-The Threads of A Life Time" -starts off with and refers to his father-a tailor or schneider in Yiddish-a Holocaust survivor. It follows his father's incredible story and is the main thread of how both trauma and joy are spread from generation to generation with some deep impactful events including how Stew came to interpret the world. It starts with Stew being on stage in the Catskills at age 3 a meaningful experience that shaped the rest of his life. We find him in the middle of history including being at the UN on the day Khuschev gave his "we shall bury you" speech and the fear of Armageddon. He shares his rather unique and sometimes humorous views of history, political event and, his experiences working with children, that will have you thinking and feeling with a different lens for a very long time. His poignant reconciliation with his father, the most meaningful thread will move you as well.
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Stew not Stu-The Threads of A Life Time starts with his father, a Holocaust survivor and the main thread of the book. His father a tailor or a schneider in Yiddish with an incredible story of how trauma and survival gets passed on from generation to generation. For Stew it had an impactful way of how he survived and how he came to view and interpret the world. It starts with Stew in the middle of history at the UN watching Khruschev giving his "we shall bury you" speech, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the fear of Armageddon. Living -the incredible year of 1969 with Woodstock, the moon landing, and every New York Sports team beating every team from Baltimore. He share his rather unique and insightful, sometimes humorous view of history,political events, a conversation with god (small g?) that will have you thinking and feeling with a different lens for a long time. His poignant reconciliation with his father will move you as well.
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