LITERATURE

Townie: A Memoir

by Andre, III Dubus

Norton. 2011. 400p. ISBN 9780393064667. $25.95; pap. ISBN 9780393340679. $15.95.

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After his parents' divorce, Dubus and his siblings were left with his cash-strapped mother in a hard-knocks neighborhood surrounded by drugs and violence. On Sundays, they visited their negligent father at his comfortable college campus. Dubus eloquently recounts years of explosive anger and the healing power of writing.

Reviewed by Staff , Jan 24, 2013

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