Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Tender Bar: A MemoirISBN13:9780786888764ISBN10:0786888768Author:Moehringer, J. R. (Author)Description:The New York Times Bestseller And One Of The 100 Most Notable Books Of 2005 In The Tradition Of This Boy's Life And The Liar's Club, A Raucous, Poignant, Luminously Written Memoir About A Boy Striving To Become A Man, And His Romance With A Bar J R Moehringer Grew Up Captivated By A Voice It Was The Voice Of His Father, A New York City Disc Jockey Who Vanished Before J R Spoke His First Word Sitting On The Stoop, Pressing An Ear To The Radio, J R Would Strain To Hear In That Plummy Baritone The Secrets Of Masculinity And Identity Though J R 'S Mother Was His World, His Rock, He Craved Something More, Something Faintly And Hauntingly Audible Only In The Voice At Eight Years Old, Suddenly Unable To Find The Voice On The Radio, J R Turned In Desperation To The Bar On The Corner, Where He Found A Rousing Chorus Of New Voices The Alphas Along The Bar--Including J R 'S Uncle Charlie, A Humphrey Bogart Look-Alike; Colt, A Yogi Bear Sound-Alike; And Joey D, A Softhearted Brawler--Took J R To The Beach, To Ballgames, And Ultimately Into Their Circle They Taught J R , Tended Him, And Provided A Kind Of Fathering-By-Committee Torn Between The Stirring Example Of His Mother And The Lurid Romance Of The Bar, J R Tried To Forge A Self Somewhere In The Center But When It Was Time For J R To Leave Home, The Bar Became An Increasingly Seductive Sanctuary, A Place To Return And Regroup During His Picaresque Journeys Time And Again The Bar Offered Shelter From Failure, Rejection, Heartbreak--And Eventually From Reality In The Grand Tradition Of Landmark Memoirs, The Tender Bar Is Suspenseful, Wrenching, And Achingly Funny A Classic American Story Of Self-Invention And Escape, Of The Fierce Love Between A Single Mother And An Only Son, It's Also A Moving Portrait Of One Boy's Struggle To Become A Man, And An Unforgettable Depiction Of How Men Remain, At Heart, Lost Boys Torn Between The Feminine Comfort Of His Mother And The Masculine Camaraderie He Finds In A Series Of Bars And Taverns, Moehringer Details His Difficult But Loving Upbringing Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:HACHETTE BOOKSPublication Date:2006-08-01Weight:0.79 lbsDimensions:1.3'' H x 8'' L x 5.2'' WNumber of Pages:416Language:English
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Book Title: Tender BAR : a Memoir
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: J. R. Moehringer
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Alternative Family, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Personal Memoirs, General, Life Stages / Adolescence
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
