Townie : a memoir
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012.
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Book
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387 pages ; 21 cm.
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Bent Northrop Memorial Library - Adult Biography
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012.
Language
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dubus, A. (2012). Townie: a memoir . W.W. Norton & Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dubus, Andre, 1959-. 2012. 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, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dubus, Andre. Townie: A Memoir W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.

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