Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood

Martin Lemelman

"A BEST MEMOIR of 2010" – Kirkus Reviews

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Winner of the New York Society Library NYC Book Awards  2010-2011

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“Two Cents Plain takes the cutting edge form of a graphic novel, but it’s a classic coming of age story set in Brooklyn in the 1950s and ’60s.”
 - San Francisco Book Review
"Through Lemelman’s strong narrative voice and spare images, Two Cents Plain is a haunting and unforgettable black and white encounter with the past. "
- Jewish Book World

“Lemelman’s viewpoint is affectionate but not gauzy…The book tracks the transformation of the neighborhood from a kind of shtetl to one of uneasy racial mix. This is literary territory familiar to fans of Mordecai Richler and Saul Bellow; what Lemelman brings to it is artistry featuring a fine eye for detail, penmanship nuanced but never watery, and a stylistic fearlessness that can stuff pop art tropes, photography, and naturalism onto the same page.
- Boston Globe

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