A Mother's Kisses [Paperback]

Bruce Jay Friedman (Author)

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Publication Date: November 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0226264165 | ISBN-13: 978-0226264165 | Edition: 1

A Mother's Kisses is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of seventeen and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. A work of roaring comedy and emotional honesty, A Mother's Kisses is a classic of modern fiction.

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A Mother's Kisses is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of seventeen and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. A work of roaring comedy and emotional honesty, A Mother's Kisses is a classic of modern fiction.

About the Author

Bruce Jay Friedman is the author of seven novels (including The Dick, Stern, and A Mother's Kisses), four collections of short stories, a number of plays-among them Scuba Duba and Steambath-and screenplays for the movies Splash and Stir Crazy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (November 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226264165
• ISBN-13: 978-0226264165
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest book ever written, March 23, 2000

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This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this back in the early 60's when I was about 14 or so. I am still laughing. You will not believe the way this guy writes.It is indescribable. If you are lucky enough to come upon a copy, buy it. You will be so glad you did. Bruce Jay Friedman is a national treasure. His take on life is at first glance quite askew..but, upon further reading, you will find that he "writes" like you "think." I've never experienced this with any other writer. Check out his other books, as well...especially the Lonely Guy's book of Life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very funny and elliptically deep book, October 10, 2011

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E. Derman (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Paperback)

I first read this in the late 1960s and laughed aloud at its funny and subtle humor. Every turn is unexpected and yet makes sense. Friedman's memoir is called "Lucky Bruce" in reference to Kinsgley Amis's "Lucky Jim" and the book is in Lucky Jim's class, completely memorable after 40 years.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The laughter of adolescence has an emptiness about it, October 26, 2006

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Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Mother's Kisses (Paperback)

Not every funny book is as funny as you would like it to be, and not every funny book makes you happy inside. There are kinds of funny books which in opposite make you feel that your pleasure is empty, and that you after you have laughed yourself out feel sadder.

This is the way I remember ' A Mother's Kisses' a funny book but something whose irreverence made me feel a bit not alright. It was not in any case one of those books that I put aside, and told myself I must reread, simply because it was so so enjoyable. "The Catcher in the Rye" Or "Portnoy's Complaint"

This was for me an amusing book , and one well worth reading and enjoying. But not more.