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Boy on a String: From Cast-Off Kid to Filmmaker Through the Magic of Dreams
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Product Description: Joe Jacoby, who worked in the early days of live TV and went on to become a pioneering filmmaker, has never before revealed that his childhood was spent in foster homes and institutions. An NYU film school classmate of Martin Scorsese, Jacoby survived a childhood wrought with abuse and neglect: his mother's unpredictable and sometimes dangerous behavior forced friends to commit her; he then grew up in seven foster homes in Brooklyn, and two institutions (one for emotionally disturbed children)...read more
By Joseph Jacoby and Martin Scorsese (introduced by)
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Hardcover:

9780786717118 | Da Capo Pr, February 13, 2006, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The memoirs of a pioneering filmmaker and abuse survivor describes how his mother's unpredictable and dangerous behavior led to her commitment and the author's subsequent placement in seven foster homes and two institutions, from which he emerged to attend NYU and pursue a career in television and film.

Paperback:

9780786718757 | Da Capo Pr, December 31, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Joe Jacoby, who worked in the early days of live TV and went on to become a pioneering filmmaker, has never before revealed that his childhood was spent in foster homes and institutions.

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