ISBN: 9781441781581

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and cri… More...

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his 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. His father, an eminent author, taught at a college and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash of worlds couldn't have been more stark. Only by becoming a writer himself could Andre bridge the abyss and save himself. Andre "Dubus, III", Books, Biography and Memoir, Townie: A Memoir Books>Biography and Memoir Andre grew up in a town saturated with crime. To protect himself and others, he learned to fightreally well. He was soon on track to get killedor kill someone else. Only by becoming a writer like his father could Andre bridge the abyss and save himself.<

ISBN: 9781441781581

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and cri… More...

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his 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. His father, an eminent author, taught at a college and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash of worlds couldn't have been more stark. Only by becoming a writer himself could Andre bridge the abyss and save himself. Andre "Dubus, III", Books, Biography and Memoir, Townie: A Memoir Books>Biography and Memoir, Blackstone Audio<

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Kein Buch! Medienkatalog. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS, [GR: 55580 - AUDIO/Zeitgeschichte/Politik (ab 1949)], [SW: - Unabridged Audio - Autobiography / Biography… More...

Kein Buch! Medienkatalog. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: BLACKSTONE AUDIO BOOKS, [GR: 55580 - AUDIO/Zeitgeschichte/Politik (ab 1949)], [SW: - Unabridged Audio - Autobiography / Biography], Audio-CD, Klappentext: Andre grew up in a town saturated with crime. To protect himself and others, he learned to fightreally well. He was soon on track to get killedor kill someone else. Only by becoming a writer like his father could Andre bridge the abyss and save himself. Andre grew up in a town saturated with crime. To protect himself and others, he learned to fightreally well. He was soon on track to get killedor kill someone else. Only by becoming a writer like his father could Andre bridge the abyss and save himself.<