The trouble with Mother
Russo was born in 1949 and came from a poor family who lived on Helwig Street, Gloversville in upstate New York. Richard is bright and gains a place at university, becomes a scholar, a lecturer, a writer and even a screen writer with stars such as Susan Sarandon, Reese Witherspoon and Rowan Atkinson (whose film Keeping Mum is based on one of his novels), appearing in his films.
He marries Barbara and has two daughters and all would seem to be a classic story of baby boomer progress; having a dream; living it and then making a living out of it.
