Townie : a memoir
(Book)
Author
Status
Geneva Public Library - Second Floor Nonfiction
BIO DUBUS
1 available
BIO DUBUS
1 available
Phelps Library - Adult Biography
Bio Dub
1 available
Bio Dub
1 available
Sodus Community Library - Adult Biographies
BIO DUBUS
1 available
BIO DUBUS
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Geneva Public Library - Second Floor Nonfiction | BIO DUBUS | Available |
Phelps Library - Adult Biography | Bio Dub | Available |
Sodus Community Library - Adult Biographies | BIO DUBUS | Available |
Williamson Public Library - Adult Biography | B DUBUS | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
Dubus family.
Dubus, Andre, -- 1936-1999.
Dubus, Andre, -- 1959-
Dubus, Andre, -- 1959- -- Family.
Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) -- Biography.
Social classes -- Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.)
Violence -- Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.)
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
Dubus family.
Dubus, Andre, -- 1936-1999.
Dubus, Andre, -- 1959-
Dubus, Andre, -- 1959- -- Family.
Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) -- Biography.
Social classes -- Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.)
Violence -- Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.)
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
After their parents divorce in the 1970's, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed, or killing someone else, or to beatings-for-pay as a boxer. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash of worlds couldn't have been more stark or more difficult for a son to communicate to a father. Only by becoming a writer himself could Andre begin to bridge the abyss and save himself.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dubus, A. (2011). Townie: a memoir . W. W. Norton & Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dubus, Andre, 1959-. 2011. Townie: A Memoir. W. W. Norton & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dubus, Andre, 1959-. Townie: A Memoir W. W. Norton & Co, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dubus, Andre. Townie: A Memoir W. W. Norton & Co., 2011.
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