Barefoot to Avalon : a brother's story / David Payne.
In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed, flipped over in the road, and died instantly. Soon thereafter, David's life hit a downward spiral. His career came to a standstill, his marriage disintegrated, and his drinking went from a cocktail-hour indulgence to a full-blown addiction. He found himself haunted not only by George A.'s death, but also by his brother's manic depression, a hereditary illness that overlaid a dark family history whose roots now gripped David. Barefoot to Avalon is Payne's earnest and unflinching account of George A. and their boyhood footrace that lasted long into their adulthood, defining their relationship and their lives. As universal as it is intimate, this is a memoir of brotherhood, of sibling rivalries and sibling love, and of the torments a family can hold silent and carry across generations.
Record details
- ISBN: 0802123546
- ISBN: 9780802123541
- Physical Description: 294 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO PAYNE (Text) | 36015000710588 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | B Payne (Text) | 31010000532855 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | B PAYNE (Text) | 39493107695803 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | B Payne (Text) | 31111002648531 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | NC B PAYNE (Text) | 34208203402184 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | NC B PAYNE (Text) | 34208203831044 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B PAYNE (Text) | 22281500126409 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Halifax Main Library | NC B PAYNE HAL (Text) | 01011700055335 | Adult Nonfiction NC Biography | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | B PAYNE Pay (Text) | 33630004940206 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | B Payne (Text) | 33115007588624 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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