Description: This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff Trade Paperback Very Good. This book blew me away the first time I read it. It's just utterly engrossing and some scenes in it remind me of my own childhood, albeit in a different era. It's a really great book. Wolff has long been a favorite of mine and I own several of his books but this one is his best work, I believe. About the book: In this unforgettable memoir of boyhood in the 1950s, we meet the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling, and ultimately winning. Separated by divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother are constantly on the move. Between themselves they develop an almost telepathic trust that sees them through their wanderings from Florida to a small town in Washington State. Fighting for identity and self-respect against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, Toby's growing up is at once poignant and comical. His various schemes--running away to Alaska, forging cheeks, and stealing cars--lead eventually to an act of outrageous self-invention that releases him into a new world of possibility.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Format: Trade Paperback
IsTextBook: No
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Item Width: 5.3in.
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Item Length: 8in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Topic: General, Literary, American / General, Memoir
Product Group: Book
Vintage: Yes
Era: 1950s
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Paperback
Ex Libris: No
Weight: 1 lbs
Language: English
Publication Year: 1993
Item Weight: 8.1 Oz
Book Title: This Boy's Life : a Memoir
Intended Audience: Adults
Author: Tobias Wolff
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: HarperCollins
Inscribed: No
Signed: No
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Type: Memoir
