Becoming
A nostalgic, funny, romantic, sexually frustrating novel. A novel that may remind many of us of ourselves, “way back then,” when God’s most mysterious creation was the opposite sex. A novel about life and the often funny, sometimes sad, day-to-day things that stir the memories of our lives.
d seven days a week, summer and winter, by the garbage collection ritual when the janitor--who was also the plumber, painter, gardener and electrician, whom for some reason usually seemed to be of German descent, which may have accounted for the general neatness of the buildings--clumped up the stairs in heavysoled work shoes. In winter, if it had snowed, the sound of a metal shovel scraping snow off the stairs preceded the ritual. Then Joe or Karl, Heinz or Fritz, would tramp up the stairs with a huge, steel collection can slung across his back. The can would be dropped onto the porch with a thud and the smaller can would be slammed into the larger can with a resounding, offkey, cymbal-like clang that would jar even the soundest sleeper out of the soundest sleep.
Janitors, so it would seem, were given the contractual right, so the tenants thought, to make whatever noise was needed to be sure that if they were awake everyone should be awake, and no amount of pleading with Joe or Karl, Heinz or Fritz, o
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This is the best book that i have ever read.It is a very romantic,funny and friendly book.It also has its sad parts.The main characters are,Mitchell Lipensky,Myra Lipensky,Walter Lipensky,Norman,Frank Rizzo Mitchell's brothers.He has little to no sexual experience,no experience with girls.He started socialising with girls at the age of 15 with a girl named gina.I wont say anymore to ruin the story.I strongly recomend this book.Sorry for my bad spelling.
