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Reading My Father: A Memoir by Alexandra Styron (Hardback, 2011)

Bill Styron's writing and his depression dominated the Styron family landscape, and Alexandra, the youngest of four children and the one who spent the most time alone with her father, learned to navigate his storms in order to survive. She describes a man plagued by demons and t averse to imposing them on a young daughter. Part biography, part memoir, part elegy, Reading My Fathertells the story of a daughter coming to kw her father at last. From Styron's Tidewater Virginia youth and precocious literary debut to the triumphs of his best kwn books and on through his devastating spiral into madness, Reading My Fatherchronicles the epic sweep of an American artist's life. It offers an intimate look at a great literary generation's friendships and their dramas. But it is also a tale of filial love and a journey toward understanding and forgiveness.

Place of Publication
New York
Spine
25mm
Regional Cuisine
American
Publication Date
April 2011
First Published
2011
Audience
General/trade , ELT Advanced
City
New York
Content Note
Rough Front; B-w Photos T-O
Publisher's Status
Active
Original/Reproduction
Original
Author Biography
ALEXANDRA STYRON is the author of the novel All the Finest Girls and a graduate of Barnard College and the MFA program at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and she has taught memoir writing in the MFA program at Hunter College. She lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, NY.
Cookery Topic
Entertainment
Out-Of-Print Date
17/02/2016
Recommended Age Range
0-12 months
Date of Publication
09/06/2011
Dimensions
234 x 153
Country of Publication
United States

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