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Boy on a String: From Cast-Off Kid to Filmmaker Through the Magic of Dreams
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Hardcover
from Da Capo Pr (February 13, 2006)
9780786717118 | details & prices | 338 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.95
About: 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.
About: 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
from Da Capo Pr (December 31, 2006)
9780786718757 | details & prices | 338 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.04 lbs | List price $15.95
About: 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.
About: 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.