I Grew Up in Broad Ripple

A hilarious and moving journey through Catholic childhood in the 1950s and 1960s.Growing up Catholic in 1950s Indianapolis meant first confessions you weren't ready for, nuns who meant business, and a father who absolutely did not want to hear about it. Russell Beck survived all of it — barely — and somehow turned it into a book.I Grew Up in Broad Ripple is a vivid memoir about growing up working-...