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Author:

Wolff, Tobias, 1945-

Title:

This boy's life : a memoir / Tobias Wolff.

Edition:

1st Perennial Library ed.

Publisher:

Perennial Library,

Copyright Date:

1990, c1989

Description:

288 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Wolff, Tobias,--1945---Childhood and youth.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

"A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1989 by the Atlantic Monthly Press"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

In this unforgettable memoir of boyhood in the 1950s, we meet 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. Between themselves they develop an almost telepathic trust that sees them through their wanderings from Florida to a small town in Washington State. Fighting for identity and self-respect against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, Toby's growing up is at once poignant and comical. His various schemes--running away to Alaska, forging cheeks, and stealing cars--lead eventually to an act of outrageous self-invention that releases him into a new world of possibility.

ISBN:

9780060972776
0060972777

LCCN:

89045733

Locations:

CKPA482 -- Amana School-Community Library (Amana)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque) — 813/.54

V5AX173 -- Kaplan University-Mason City Campus (Mason City)

ATPB046 -- Garrett Memorial Library (Moulton)

PEPC626 -- Stilwell Public Library (New Sharon)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

41SX706 -- West Liberty High School Library (West Liberty)