DOUGH

Book ID/图书代码： 08B23931

English Summary/英文概要： Mort Zachter’s childhood revolved around a small, struggling shop on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that sold bread and pastries. His was a classic story—a close-knit, hard-working family struggling to make it in America.
Only they were rich. Very rich.
At age 36, after struggling to work his way though night school, Zachter discovered that his bachelor uncles, who ran the shop, had amassed millions of dollars in stocks and bonds. As he starts to clean out their apartment, Zachter discovers clues to their hidden lives that raise more questions than they answer. And in the end, he comes to realize that although he may not understand his family—and maybe never will—forgiveness and acceptance are what matter most.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 講述家族故事的《麵糰》在2006年得到作家協會（Association of Writers and Writing Prize in creative nonfiction）的非小說獎。並由 HarperCollins經由競價買下此書重印，在今年八月發行。此書得到許多好評包括New York Times, NPR, starred Kirkus and PW and LA Times Book Reviews.
藍領階級長大的Mort Zachter，家庭的經濟狀況並不好，靠著自己半工半讀念夜校，成為稅務律師。他的母親在兩位單身叔叔開在下東城的麵包店工作，酬勞僅是剩下來的麵包。但在其中一位叔叔身亡，另一為叔叔得到老人癡呆後，36歲的他得到銀行通知，他叔叔戶頭裡竟有上百萬。看似比他們還窮困的叔叔（開著超過20年的舊別克）竟有這麼多財產。
在他整理叔叔的公寓後後發現有許多錢以橡皮筋捆住，隨意放在蛋糕盒裡，還因為盒子沒清洗乾淨，錢還黏黏的。除此之外，還發現許多叔叔們投資股票與債券的理財資料。繼承這筆財產後，Zachter不禁對這個家傳的麵包店、叔叔們的秘密理財方式以及對錢與生活的態度感到好奇……似乎不只繼承財產，還繼承了叔叔們對於錢的哲學…
作者逗趣的說，擁有這筆財富至少有個好處，就是可達成他多年來的夢想，辭去稅務律師成為全職作家。(VC)

Awards/获奖情况：2006 作家協會選出的最有創意的非小說獎
"[A] small, wry memoir ... that is as miraculously loving and nonjudgmental as it is cleareyed." -- New York Times Book Review by ANNE MENDELSON November 25, 2007 Read the complete review
"Zachter charmingly portrays the changing Lower East Side...Zachter never seems bitter, describing the discovery of his uncles’ secret hoard with such surpassing sweetness and affection that readers won’t dream of envying his newfound wealth...a warm family narrative." – Kirkus Reviews
Toronto Star Pinching pennies all life long 2008/9/10
Remembering a lifetime of hard work in the family bakery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. by Dinah Lenney, Special to The Times
“A few chapters into Mort Zachter’s memoir, "Dough," his father takes him on a tour of Second Avenue in Manhattan, where the greats of the Yiddish theater once performed to packed houses. "Now they’re gone," says Phil Zachter, with palpable regret. "Where did they go?" young Mort later asks his mother. She answers, in Yiddish, that she hasn’t a clue.” Los Angeles Times November 3, 2007 Read the complete review...
www.bostonbibliophile.com
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/08/review-dough-by-mort-zachter.html
"What if, after a life of struggle, you found out you were about to inherit several million dollars? Run to the Mercedes dealer? Call your travel agent? Call Paine Webber? Mort Zachter did none of the above. Mort turned first into an investigator, trying to unlock the mystery of how his modest, bread-selling family amassed a secret fortune. And then Mort turned into a writer, putting down the tale in this delightful and elegant book. Read it. It will make you smile and see that sometimes good things happen to good people."---Ari L. Goldman, author of Living a Year of Kaddish
"With a sense of detail as sharp as the perceptions of a quietly observing child and with the insight and compassion of an adult, Mort Zachter takes us back to the Manhattan of the sixties, where he gracefully and wittily examines the mysteries--and baffling complexities--of family, work, love and sacrifice."---Elizabeth Frank, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Louise Bogan
"Dough is rising! More than just a story about bread or money, it’s a beautifully written family memoir-with an astonishing twist!-that brings to life a vanished Lower East Side and the people who walked its streets. Mort Zachter’s keen eye and humor will keep you reading way past your bedtime."---Hettie Jones, author of How I Became Hettie Jones
"Rich in spirit and detail, DOUGH is a sweet, wistful, and eloquent tale of faith, family and the real meaning of wealth."---Debra Ginsberg, author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress

About the Author/作者介绍： Mort Zachter is currently working on a book about baseball legend Gil Hodges. Before he became a full-time writer, he had careers in law and accounting. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Mort Zachter grew up believing his Lower East Side baker family was poor. At thirty-six, he discovered the family secret: he is a second generation millionaire.
Dough: A Memoir is his story. It won the 2006 AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction and was published by the University of Georgia Press in the fall of 2007. Kirkus Reviews magazine gave a favorable review of Dough in their July 15, 2007 issue. Reviews from the Florida Sun-Sentinel and the L.A. Times have followed. Read an interview with Mort Zachter.
His essay, “The Boy Who Didn’t Like Money” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Moment, Weatherwise, Poetica, The Princeton Packet, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, The Queens Ledger, US1, and The Kelsey Review.
In the spring of 2006, he gave a public reading from Dough at the 92nd Street Y in NYC and in the fall of 2007 he continues to read from the memoir in the metropolitan area. Mort is currently writing a biography, Gil Hodges: The Man Behind the Miracle, which will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2009.
In a prior life, he was an attorney/CPA and adjunct tax professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
http://www.mortzachter.com/blurbs.htm

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