Dunn's: Tales from a Philly Childhood

by James LaBrake

Philadelphia, mid 1970s – a few years since the end of the Vietnam War and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Logan, a neighborhood in North Philly, was a melting pot in a city of neighborhoods. Dunn’s was once a magnificent ice-cream shop and had now become a pinball playing corner hangout for twenty-something Vietnam vets, criminals, and neighborhood outcasts. My grandmother, Mrs. Dunn, was the owner and the undisputed boss of Dunn’s. I witnessed the craziness that happened there on a daily basis from racial discord to crime and violence and even love. It all happened during my time at Dunn’s.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 8, 2023

Reviews

[Ali DaSilva · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so beautiful and sweet. To become a member of the LaBrake family through James’ words and understand how he grew up and to see the impact of just one woman on a whole crew of people in his life is amazing. The last two chapters broke me but that’s the way life works!