Joan DuNard’s Reviews > How Sweet It Is: The Jackie Gleason Story > Status Update

Quote of chapter 3 opening: " it's tough to be an orphan at age nineteen. It's even tougher if you are an orphaninthe world's largest city with only thirty-one cents in your pocket."
Jackie had tough beginnings but was a "scrapper" with grit!
So far, an engaging read with a glimpse of pre-Depression and Depression years in Brooklyn as a Black Irish kid.