Bibliograph

This boy's life, a memoir, Tobias Wolff

Type

Label

This boy's life, a memoir, Tobias Wolff

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This boy's life

Oclc number

1104926816

Responsibility statement

Tobias Wolff

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

Thirty years ago Tobias Wolff wrote a memoir that changed the form. This Boys Life is the story of the young, tough-on-the-outside but vulnerable Toby Wolff. Separated by divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother travel from Florida to Utah to a small village in Washington state, with many stops along the way. As each place doesnt quite work out, they pick up to find somewhere new. In the story of their journey, Wolff masterfully recreates the frustrations, cruelties, and joys of adolescence and presents a deeply poignant exploration of memory, dreams, and how we create a self

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