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Gone the hard road : a memoir / Lee Martin.
Author
Martin, Lee, 1955-
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Description
160 pages ; 24 cm.
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PS3563.A724927 Z46 2021
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Subject(s)
Authors, American
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20th century
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Biography
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Mother and child
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Martin, Lee 1955-
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Martin, Lee 1955-
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Family
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Martin, Lee 1955-
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Childhood and youth
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Autobiographies
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Biographies
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collective biographies
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Summary note
"Gone the Hard Road is the story of a mother's endurance and sacrifice, and the gift of imagination she gave her son. Extending Lee Martin's acclaimed first memoir, From Our House, which told the story of the farming accident that cost his father both his hands and led to his rage, this new book focuses more on Martin's mother and the world she created for him within their unsettled family life. From the first time she read to him in a doctor's office waiting room, to her enrolling him in a children's book club, to the first time she took him to a public library, to the books she bought him when he was in high school, this narrative portrays the selfless actions she took, sometimes despite her husband's opposition, to show her son a different way of living. Whereas From Our House and Martin's second memoir, Such a Life, concentrated on the life his father threatened to destroy, Gone the Hard Road tells the story of a loving mother and the life she made possible, even though she knew the eventual cost to herself. A poignant, honest, and moving read, Martin's story about leaving home will stay with anyone who has ever struggled to find their place in the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
The hard road
If ifs and buts were candies and nuts
The healing line
Bachelors
Gone the hard road
Spook
Noble
A month of Sundays
Imposters
Bastards
Once upon a time
My lost year
Mischief afoot
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ISBN
9780253053862 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
0253053862 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2020009494
OCLC
1143828824
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