Young Jewish Immigrant Talks About Growing Up in the 1950s in New York One-Legged Mongoose

ONE-LEGGED MONGOOSE is a vibrant portrayal of the 1950s and of a young Jewish immigrant family. It is the story of a precocious boy whose life is informed by terrible physical abuse at home. He is fiercely independent and rebels against almost all authority and yet there are people who see and value his potential. He struggles to break the cycle of abuse which permeates so much of who he is and finally entering puberty we see great hope.