The Ryer Avenue Story

By Dorothy Uhnak

Book Overview

Haunted by the night when, as children, they fled the scene of a homicide in a Bronx street, six characters searching for power and success are reunited when one of them threatens to divulge the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312088884
• ISBN13: 9780312088880
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

4 1/2 Stars -- Well Worth Reading!

I obtained The Ryer Avenue Story in 1993 and it has sat in my bookcase until recently. The experience of reading this book proves the veracity of the old adage, "Good things come to those who wait." The Ryer Avenue Story is a saga that spans about four decades and reaches beyond a murder at its center toward greater truths about family, guilt, and ambition. It is an excellent book and perhaps Uhnak's best to-date. Although The Ryer Avnenue Story is not a fast read, it holds your interest from beginning to end and has a variety of well-developed, believable characters that will stay in your memory well after you finish the book. Do yourself a favor and try to find a copy of this book -- I think you'll enjoy The Ryer Avenue Story very much.

Worth the read

I love to read, and one day I picked up this book because I'd read everything else in the house. It wound up being one of the best books I have ever read. The story takes you through the lives of each character, from the time they were young to the time they are old (or die). You become so familiar with the characters, they are almost like your friends. Although the single event that ties everyone together is not as horrible as the characters think, their lives are remarkable, mysterious, courageous. I did not want this book to end. It would make a fantastic mini series!