A Child of the Century

A Child of the CenturyA classic memoir by one of the greatest American screenwriters, Ben Hecht Named to Times list of All Time 100 Nonfiction Books, which deems it the un put downable testament of the eras great multimedia entertainer. A Child of the Century, Ben Hechts autobiographical memoir, was first published in 1954 to great critical acclaim. Hecht offers philosophical meditations on the nature of God and the self as well as keen, firsthand portraits of big city

since debuting in society

Stratton focuses on the British faultline between the post-war African-Caribbean settlers and the white Britons

Without a recording of its history

and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job

clinging like “a ribbon in the sand / Captivated by your ankle

embodying the quintessential cheating boyfriend

People have gathered there since prehistoric times

The fun doesn’t stop there: Dylan must also negotiate a ceasefire in the endless war between her bohemian parents and the straitlaced neighbors

the first black state attorney general

Revered as a prophet on the level of Moses by some

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis

The eleven-year-old Downing seems to fall asleep in the jungle and to wake up in a blizzard: he is sent to live with his devoutly evangelical Aunt Joan in rural Canada