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04148aam a22006018i 4500 001 52BFFEE03B3711E5A6763BB9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 150615s2015 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2015004983 020 $a 1476773866 (paperback) 020 $a 9781476773865 (paperback) 020 $a 1476773858 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781476773858 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-la 050 00 $a F379.N4 $b L68 2015 082 00 $a 976.3/49063 $2 23 084 $a BIO000000 $a BIO002000 $a BIO000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Lourd, Blaine. 245 10 $a Born on the bayou : $b a memoir / $c by Blaine Lourd. 250 $a First Gallery Books hardcover edition. 263 $a 1508 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 520 2 $a "In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer and The Liars' Club by Mary Karr, Blaine Lourd's Born on the Bayou is a powerful gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. Coonass: [koon-as] (noun, slang, from the French conasse), a term of endearment and an expression of cultural and ethnic pride. So echoes this all-important definition throughout this good-humored memoir of growing up in the South. A rollercoaster rags-to-riches story, Blaine Lourd's meaningful debut is both a nostalgic send-up of '60s and '70s Louisiana, and a heartfelt portrait of one family's coming of age. In honest, confessional prose, Born on the Bayou transports us to a pocket of the South where Lourd learns how to be a man from the two people he looks up to the most: his larger-than-life father, 'Puffer,' a prominent figure in the oil business (coonass translation: awl bidness), and his successful older brother, Bryan. With an eye turned perpetually toward the gruff and distant Puffer, Lourd illustrates how those closest to us can cause the most hurt, even as we seek their approval. Whether he's learning how to skin a duck at age ten, enjoying his first beer at thirteen, or detailing the finer points of ride-on lawn mowing, Lourd gets to the heart of being a Southerner with rawness and grace. From his early childhood through his eventual pilgrimage to the West Coast, he beautifully details what it means to have tangible roots to a place so ingrained it is a part of your own being. From barreling down the low country roads in a shiny Thunderbird to chasing women and learning to be a gentleman, Born on the Bayou is one man's struggle against the forces of family love, loyalty and obligation, and the ties that keep us tethered to our roots no matter how far we run. As the saying goes, 'a coonass always goes his own way'"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lourd, Blaine $x Childhood and youth. 600 10 $a Lourd, Blaine $x Family. 650 0 $a Coming of age $z New Iberia. $z New Iberia. 650 0 $a Fathers and sons $z New Iberia. $z New Iberia. 650 0 $a Families $z New Iberia. $z New Iberia. 650 0 $a Place attachment $z New Iberia. $z New Iberia. 650 0 $a Country life $z New Iberia. $z New Iberia. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. $2 bisacsh 651 0 $a New Iberia (La.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a New Iberia (La.) $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Louisiana $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 941 $a 11 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012023636.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909035457.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722051601.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110063130.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030440.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719024311.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20170823010604.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20170425011809.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418111155.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20151023010716.0 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20151014021728.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=52BFFEE03B3711E5A6763BB9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search