Do black patent-leather shoes really reflect up?

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Do black patent-leather shoes really reflect up?

A novel

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I am dating myself when I say that I first heard this book being read by Michigan State University's Radio Reader in the 1970s. I was a kid and thought it was the most hilarious thing I had ever heard. My parents eventually ordered the book from Kroch and Brentano's--pre internet! The book was as funny to read as it was to hear.

It follows the boyhood of the author from grade school to high school. The vagaries of a Catholic school education are told with great humor. If you liked the boyhood-related essays of Jean Shepherd, this may appeal to you.

As to the title: the nuns told girls to avoid patent leather shoes because they supposedly allowed boys to look at your underwear--the 1950s version of a upskirt.

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Popular Library
Language
English
Pages
256

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Cover of: Do black patent-leather shoes really reflect up?
Do black patent-leather shoes really reflect up?: A novel
1976, Popular Library
in English
Cover of: Do Black Leather Shoes Realy Reflect Up ?
Do Black Leather Shoes Realy Reflect Up ?
1975, Popular Library

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
929.2
Library of Congress
BX4705.P664 A32 1975

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24938194M
Internet Archive
doblackpatentleapow00powe
ISBN 10
0445084901
ISBN 13
9780445084902
OCLC/WorldCat
2604029

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