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Title	:	Sleeping Arrangements
Author	:	Laura Shaine Cunningham
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2000 by Riverhead Books (first published 1989)
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography

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This book was so amazing - when I finished, I had to double-check and make sure it was a memoir and it was. It's an incredible story that drew me in with the first page and held me to the last. I have checked and found the author has written a few more books, and I plan to see if any of them continue this incredible story.

Laura is a little girl who is orphaned at age 8 when her mother passes away. Poor and living in less than ideal conditions in a run down neighborhood, two of her uncles step up and make the move in to take care of her. Uncle Len is an unusal man, prone to going on "secret missions". Uncle Gabe also has some unusual habits including belting out Jewish religious songs that he writes at the drop of a hat. He also has a habit of proposing to any and every woman he fancies. Uncle Len is the "cook", although he doesn't really understand what foods go with which meal of the day, so many mornings breakfast can be anything from popcorn to a meat and potatoes dish.

Added to the mix is an elderly grandmother known as "Etka from Minsk", whose mind is less than sharp. She shares a bedroom with Laura, who grows up missing her mother so very much. Etka considers herself an extremely beautiful and intelligent woman, and goes on and on about how wonderful she is. As if that's not enough for one household, they bring in a puppy to add to the chaos.

She does not know who her father is - only that her mother and uncles spoke of him as "Larry". She begs for information about him, but little is known, so she makes up her own stories.

Laura befriends two unusual girls who live near her in another building. They aren't the best children to be friends with, but Laura has no other friends. People whisper about the oddity of her being raised by her uncles, and, at one point, the school pays a visit to check out the living arrangements.

This book was a wonderful read, start to finish. Although her upbringing was unusual, she always knew she was deeply loved.

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Original Title:	Sleeping Arrangements
ISBN:	1573228230 (ISBN13: 9781573228237)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.86 From 678 Users | 94 Reviews

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Slow to start out, only because the main character is not so sympathetic at first...but becomes so pretty quickly. Sometimes shocking, sometimes gripping but always fun to read and well written.



heartwarming/ endearing/ humorous. great perspectives from childhood.

(I usually read much older memoirs, so this was a departure for me.) With her sparkling imagination and charm, Cunningham shows the magic of a childhood that might otherwise seem bleak and painful. There were uncomfortable bits, yes, but things happen to children for which they have no frame of reference, it's no use to pretend otherwise. At the heart of this memoir is the author's loss of her parents and the commitment of her Uncles to give her a sense of family and stability in spite of that.

Great easy read. Will try to get my daughter to read it too.

This book was so amazing - when I finished, I had to double-check and make sure it was a memoir and it was. It's an incredible story that drew me in with the first page and held me to the last. I have checked and found the author has written a few more books, and I plan to see if any of them continue this incredible story.Laura is a little girl who is orphaned at age 8 when her mother passes away. Poor and living in less than ideal conditions in a run down neighborhood, two of her uncles step up

This book is a page turner; its a memoir that reads like a fast moving novel. Most of us will never know what its like to be orphaned by the harsh realities of life, but Laura Cunningham paints a Daliesque portrait of just how crazy that life can be. This is a first class memoir and I find the fact that some folks posted negative reviews astounding! The cast of characters in this girls life is colorful, to say the least, and the author is unflinching in her revelations of all the idiosyncratic