Townie : a memoir / Andre Dubus III.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393064662
- ISBN: 9780393064667
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
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- Dubus, Andre, III, 1959-
Dubus, Andre, III, 1959- > Childhood and youth.
Dubus, Andre, III, 1959- > Family.
Authors, American > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Social classes > Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.)
Violence > Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
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- 15 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 1 current hold with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO DEBUS (Text) | 36015000667424 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | B DUBUS (Text) | 34510000455459 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B DUBUS (Text) | 34208202545280 | Adult Biography | Repair | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B DUBUS (Text) | 22281500057217 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | B/DUBUS (Text) | 33262003057665 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | B DUBUS (Text) | 39493106855051 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | B Dubus (Text) | 31554009179903 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Marianna Black Library | B DUBUS (Text) | 39493106901657 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| McMillan Memorial Library | B DUBUS (Text) | 34510000455442 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | B DUBUS (Text) | 39488101517177 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
