Book RAILWAY avenue

RAILWAY AVENUE is a love story that spans the 1950s 60s and 70s Tommy DiNardo is willing to kill to avenge the murder of the woman he has loved since he was five years old Tommy grows up in the working class Italian American neighborhood of Corona New York He and his friends entertain themselves by building clubhouses catching fire flies riding bikes and spying into a mysterious church of holy rollers As teens they sit on stoop tops and listen to rock and roll go to drag races attend high school proms and have early sexual experiences However their lives are not free from adversity They endure domestic violence an abusive nun a polio epidemic a fire that threatens to destroy their homes the violent death of a young friend the racial turmoil that erupts in 1960s Corona the Vietnam War and murder Tommy s journey will make you laugh cry root for his well being and happiness and in the end the characters in the story will remain with you long after you have finished reading RAILWAY AVENUEWhen the book opens Tommy DiNardo is moving to Railway Avenue to a house in Corona New York Along with Tommy are his mother and father and they will all be living together in his grandma s house His Uncle John Aunt Clara and their daughter Adrienne already live in the house Each will live on a different floorWhen they arrive his cousin Adrienne who is a year younger then Tommy who is five is anxious to introduce him to her club members and Nickie Fiore who is seven is the president of the club. Railroad avenue brooklyn ny Tommy seems to have a crush on NIckie from the day they meet and we are now involved in their day to day lives and the things that happen to them We learn about growing up disappointments tragedy marriage and love Tommy decide to enroll in the Army since he is not sure what he wants to do with his life. Book RAILWAY avenue q The characters are so real they could of grown up in my own neighborhood and you can relate to all the events that happen to them in their lives We will learn about things that happened in Vietnam about love and murder and starting over: Railroad avenue brooklyn ny A very interesting in read in which we wonder if this book is about the author 268