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Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History
FiveFinger Discount A Crooked Family History
Author: Helene Stapinski
On a summer night when she was five years old, Helene Stapinski watched out her kitchen window as her Grandpa Beansie was carted off to jail for the last time. Beansie (so nicknamed because he had stolen a crate of beans as a child) had spent the better part of that day in the Majestic Tavern, a dive bar on the ground floor of the Stapinskis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679463061
ISBN-10: 0679463062
Publication Date: 3/20/2001
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 1
So much of this book's writing style will start telling you a story only to launch into a side story with so much detail that it's very easy to get lost. I enjoyed the read, but it's not something I'd necessarily go out of my way to read again. It was interesting to learn about growing up in Jersey City, a topic that I was curious about prior to completing this book.
saphyreskyes avatar reviewed Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History on + 34 more book reviews
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Not as much a story of a family as it is a story of Jersey City. Lots of political history and kind of a dry in spots. Not what I was expecting, but still interesting and enjoyable.
catsaresmarter avatar reviewed Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History on + 32 more book reviews
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This enjoyable book is a very funny story about the author's extended family and growing up "among swindlers, bookies and crooks" in New Jersey. I loved it!
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Interesting story of a city full of corruption. Someting I didn't realize still existed at that time.
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We all have stories we remember from our childhood and relatives to go along with them. Ms. Stapinski's stories and relatives are just a little more colorful than most. Entertaining reading.
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True account of life in New Jersey for immigrant children. It is filled with laughter and crime. Very interesting to read about how life was for this immigrant family.


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