Description
After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and everyday violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between town and gown, between the hard drinking, drugging, and fighting of “townies” and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn’t have been more stark. In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others–bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Andre III Dubus
Published: 02/06/2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393340679
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 1.00″ H x 8.10″ L x 5.40″ W
About the Author
Dubus, Andre, III: – Andre Dubus III is a renowned American author based in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His nine books include several New York Times bestsellers, including House of Sand and Fog and Townie, and have been published in more than twenty-five languages.
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