https://pithybooks.com/tags/childhood/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “childhood”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:11 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/angelas-ashes/ https://pithybooks.com/books/angelas-ashes/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Frank recalls Brooklyn and Limerick childhood with Angela's struggle, Malachy's drink and stories that saved him. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A man recalls age seven when a lodger's suicide let hunger birds in, and Lettie Hempstock saved him. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-glass-castle/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-glass-castle/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jeannette Walls's memoir of a childhood spent hungry and moving, from a stove fire at three to a Bronx apartment and parents on the street.