Townie, Andre Dubus III
Townie, Andre Dubus III
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Townie
A Memoir

Author: Andre Dubus III

Narrator: Andre Dubus III

Unabridged: 14 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2011

Synopsis

Andre Dubus III, author of theNational Book AwardnominatedHouse of Sand and FogandThe Garden of Last Days, reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy himuntil he was saved by writing. After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killedor killing someone elseor to beatingsforpay as a boxer. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids outon Sundays. The clash of worlds couldnt have been more starkor more difficult for a son to communicate to a father. Only bybecoming a writerhimself could Andre begin to bridge the abyss and save himself. His memoir is a riveting, visceral, profound meditation on physical violence and the failures and triumphs of love.

About Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III is the author of Gone So Long, Dirty Love, The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a #1 New York Times bestseller, Oprah's Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and Townie, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives with his family north of Boston.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 02, 2022

The most interesting and moving memoir I’ve ever read. This book tracks the life - particularly the early life - of this excellent writer through a series of roughly chronological memories and anecdotes. Brought up in tough New England towns, he tells of how he was the recipient of regular beatings......more

Goodreads review by Elge on February 01, 2013

I totally agree with Dwight Garner of the New York Times when he writes of this book, "Townie is a better, harder book than anything (Dubus III) has yet writer; it pays off on every bet that's been placed on him. A sleek muscle car of a memoir." The core theme of the memoir is men's, particularly his......more

Goodreads review by Neil on April 19, 2011

Dubus's novels are difficult to read without getting worked up into a frenzy that involves symptoms not unlike severe stress or paranoia. At least for me, anyway. Shortness of breath, increased heart rate, even sweats - these things happen. His memoir does not include the same scenes of riveting ten......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 30, 2011

Like most of my books, I read this on my ipad and kindle. At one point when I was about to quit, I clicked to find I was 40% through the book. Do editors still exist? Who would allow the first 40% of a book to be little more than a series of school yard brawls, replete with description of injuries,......more

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