A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo turns to memoir in this hilarious and bittersweet account of his lifelong bond with his high-strung, spirited mother and the small town she spent her life trying to escape. Anyone familiar with Russo snovelswill recognize Gloversville once famous for producing nine out of ten dress gloves in the United States. By the time Rick was born, ladies had stopped wearing gloves and Gloversville was on its way out. Jean Russo instilled in her son her dream of a...
A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo turns t...
Peut-on vivre sans amour? L'amour parental est-il suffisant? ajouter beaucoup d'autres questions] Tant de questions auxquelles il peut parfois etre dur de repondre parce qu'on n'a pas tout dit ou parce qu'on ne sait pas y repondre. Peut-etre bien plus qu'une simple histoire merveilleuse, ce recit est, ou n'est pas, une source de plaisir, par le voyage imaginaire, a travers lequel elle plonge le lecteur. Sa lecture peut aussi etre l'occasion de se confronter a ce que l'on n'ose affronter."
Peut-on vivre sans amour? L'amour parental est-il suffisant? ajouter beaucoup d'autres questions] Tant de questions auxquelles il peut parfois etre d...
National Bestseller and aNew York Times 2016 Notable Book In these pages, Richard Russo returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobody's Fool. Now, ten years later, Doug Raymer has become the chief of police and is tormented by the improbable death of his wife--not to mention his suspicion that he was a failure of a husband. Meanwhile, the irrepressible Sully has come into a small fortune, but is suddenly faced with a VA cardiologist's estimate that he only has a year or two left to live. As Sully frantically works...
National Bestseller and aNew York Times 2016 Notable Book In these pages, Richard Russo returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt...
A master of the novel, short story and memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool now gives us his very first collection of personal essays, thoughts on writing, reading and living.
A master of the novel, short story and memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool now gives us his very first collection of persona...
