I Grew Up in Broad Ripple

A funny, moving Baby Boomer memoir about growing up in 1950s and '60s America—when childhood meant freedom, mischief, and learning most things the hard way.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 boo...