Ebook {Epub PDF} Hats Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling by Martha Frankel

Once Frankel reached adulthood, however, while her cousins were making their way in the world as bookies and drug dealers, gambling didn't much factor into her life. In the tradition of Five-Finger Discount by Helene Stapinski and Dry by Augusten Burroughs, Hats Eyeglasses traces Frankel's love affair with poker. It was a passion that bit her in her mid-forties and remained harmless enough when she stuck .  · A competent though slight reminiscence of days of wine and flushes. Hats and Eyeglasses is a memoir by Martha Frankel. Ms. Frankel shares her story about growing up with a family of obsessed gamblers. They played everything from her mother’s favorite mah-jongg to her father’s love of poker/5.

Martha Frankel grew up in a warm and loving family of die-hard gamblers, where her father's poker games and her mother's mahjong mingled with big pots of delicious food, endless gossip, and storytelling. Hats Eyeglasses is her first book, a memoir chronicling her upbringing in a family of gamblers. Her memoir, Hats Eyeglasses, chronicling her family's lifelong love affair with gambling and her own later addiction to online gambling, was published in (Tarcher/Penguin Group). Martha has contributed essays to several anthologies, the latest being My Body, My Words, edited by Amye Archer and Loren Kleinman, Big Table Publishing. Martha Frankel. Ms. Frankel grew up in a loving, lively household of gamblers, a childhood she describes in her new memoir "Hats Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling.". Her memories consist of her father's poker games and mahjong with her mother's friends, all while food simmered on the stove and laughter filtered through.

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Hats Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling, Frankel, Martha Book at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!. Her memoir, Hats Eyeglasses, chronicling her family's lifelong love affair with gambling, was published in (Tarcher/Penguin Group). "Hats and eyeglasses" is an old gambling expression describing an unfortunate run at the table. In Frankel's childhood, gambling equated to friendship, food and laughter. Once Frankel reached adulthood, however, while her cousins were making their way in the world as bookies and drug dealers, gambling didn't much factor into her life. In the tradition of Five-Finger Discount by Helene Stapinski and Dry by Augusten Burroughs, Hats Eyeglasses traces Frankel's love affair with poker. It was a passion that bit her in her mid-forties and remained harmless enough when she stuck to real cards.