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Grove Press
March 2000
On Sale: March 1, 2000
304 pages
ISBN: 0802136680
EAN: 9780802136688
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Non-Fiction Memoir
This unforgettable memoir, by one of our most gifted
writers, introduces us to 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, yet they
develop an extraordinarily close, almost telepathic
relationship. As Toby fights for identity and self-respect
against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, his
experiences are at once poignant and comical, and Wolff does
a masterful job of re-creating the frustrations and
cruelties of adolescence. His various schemes - running away
to Alaska, forging checks, 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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