Moving from the corner office to the corner candy store, Steven Robbins
is willing to forsake everything he's earned to get back a piece of his
past
Growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, Steven Robbins was raised on egg
creams, baseball stats, and the camaraderie that kept his melting-pot
Bronx neighborhood humming during World War II. Robbins aspired to
escape his humble roots, and eventually worked his way to Madison
Avenue, where he became a hotshot ad man with an enviable wife. But as
he pushes 50 and his marriage falls apart, Robbins begins yearning for a
deeper happiness. Returning to his old neighborhood in the Bronx,
Robbins seeks the simplicity of the life he once fled in the one place
where he may ultimately find contentment.
The Old Neighborhood is a warm-hearted novel that shows it is possible
to go home again, or to take home with you wherever you go.