Mort Zachter was born in Brooklyn. His first book, Dough: A Memoir, won the 2006 AWP Prize in Creative Nonfiction. It was translated into Chinese and published in China and Taiwan. His essay, "The Boy Who Didn't Like Money" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He is a member of SABR. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Dough is rising! More than just a story about bread or money, it's
a beautifully written family memoir--with an astonishing
twist!--that brings to life a vanished Lower East Side and the
people who walked its streets. Mort Zachter's keen eye and humor
will keep you reading way past your bedtime.--Hettie Jones "author
of All Told"
[A] small, wry memoir . . . that is miraculously loving and
nonjudgmental as it is cleareyed.--Anne Mendelson "New York Times
Book Review"
Rich in spirit and detail, Dough is a sweet, wistful, and eloquent
tale of faith, family and the real meaning of wealth.--Debra
Ginsberg "author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a
Waitress"
This rich story pays off with honest but lighthearted discoveries
about loyalty and wealth-- "Publishers Weekly"
What if, after a life of struggle, you found out you were about to
inherit several million dollars? Run to the Mercedes dealer? Call
your travel agent? Call Paine Webber? Mort Zachter did none of the
above. Mort turned first into an investigator, trying to unlock the
mystery of how his modest, bread-selling family amassed a secret
fortune. And then Mort turned into a writer, putting down the tale
in this delightful and elegant book. Read it. It will make you
smile and see that sometimes good things happen to good
people.--Ari L. Goldman "author of Living a Year of Kaddish"
With a sense of detail as sharp as the perceptions of a quietly
observing child and with the insight and compassion of an adult,
Mort Zachter takes us back to the Manhattan of the sixties, where
he gracefully and wittily examines the mysteries--and baffling
complexities--of family, work, love and sacrifice.--Elizabeth Frank
"Pulitzer Prize winning author of Louise Bogan"
If Zachter shares New York with Volk and Gallagher, his writerly
godfather is Calvin Trillin, who wrote with affection and
restraint. . . . [Dough has a] similarity in tone--reserved and
respectful . . . As is true of the best memoirists, he comes to a
deeper understanding of himself--of what it means to carry on in
the present, now that the past has been revealed.-- "Los Angeles
Times"
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