Hoping to make a killing in menial jobs. He enrolls at a New Jersey real estate, the state college and then drops author’s father, Monroe Siegel, out to seek a better existence takes a draw from his abroad, only to return to the employer against unearned United States in debt and in commission. When the despair. Suddenly, a recession hits in the 1970s, promising new life opens to Monroe finds himself owing a him. At a price. small fortune to his firm. He sinks toward divorce and touches on THE DRAW bankruptcy, while Lola, Lee's fundamental questions: How mother, suffers a nervous do we balance our obligations breakdown that turns her into to ourselves with our a different person. obligations to others? What do we owe society? Written with Shamed and enraged by his startling candor and father’s fate, Lee to make psychological acuity, Lee a different life for himself. He Siegel’s THE DRAW is for goes to a private college in the anyone who has ever Midwest, is forced to leave struggled with money, or who due to his father’s has tried to break through the bankruptcy, and returns to barriers of family and class. New Jersey to work a series of World English rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann
Hoping to make a killing in New Jersey real estate, the author’s father, Monroe Siegel, takes a draw from his employer against unearned commission. When the recession hits in the 1970s, Monroe finds himself owing a small fortune to his firm. He sinks toward divorce and bankruptcy, while Lola, Lee's mother, suffers a nervous breakdown that turns her into a different person. Shamed and enraged by his father’s fate, Lee to make a different life for himself. He goes to a private college in the Midwest, is forced to leave due to his father’s bankruptcy, and returns to New Jersey to work a series of menial jobs. He enrolls at a state college and then drops out to seek a better existence abroad, only to return to the United States in debt and in despair. Suddenly, a promising new life opens to him. At a price. THE DRAW touches on fundamental questions: How do we balance our obligations to ourselves with our obligations to others? What do we owe society? Written with startling candor and psychological acuity, Lee Siegel’s THE DRAW is for anyone who has ever struggled with money, or who has tried to break through the barriers of family and class. World English rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Regal Hoffmann
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