CHERRY DELIGHT. A FAMILY MEMOIR - Tecno-Libro

On New Year s Eve, in 1929, as the Great Depression and Prohibition cast a shadow over America, a spirited young Philadelphian kissed his Cinderella at midnight. Joe Cherry was 20. Mary Mitnick, the belle of South Philadelphia, was 17. That kiss between the author s parents ignited a remarkable love story, the subject of Cherry Delight. Starting married life with little but grit and determination, Joe and Mary survived the Great Depression and World War ii. in post-war America, they thrived: Joe built successful food businesses-among them the business that created the iconic Slim Jim. Mary filled the family with good food (Jewish and American) and good values. Generous and big hearted, they shared their success and love, enriching many lives around them-none more than the author s. Robert Cherry, the acclaimed biographer of Wilt Chamberlain, spent three years writing his own parents inspiring story, gathering material from government and synagogue archives in the Ukraine, his father s diaries, fami