A Day at the Beach (Paperback, Revised edition)

In this essay collection, now with a new introduction by Ann Patchett, Geoffrey Wolff recounts the moral (and sometimes immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and father. He shows us his wildly dysfunctional childhood Christmases--presided over by his con-man father--then shifts to his brash, short-lived teaching career in Istanbul. With dazzling literary agility, Wolff guides us through the surprising, invaluable turns that shaped his path: his victory over the chaos of drink, his open-heart surgery, his life-affirming surrender to the slopes of the Matterhorn, and his transcendent love of family. Long considered a classic, now expanded and back in print after two decades, "A Day at the Beach" shares Wolff's spirited, elegant, and deeply felt observations on an extraordinary life.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Geoffrey Wolff
Introduction by:	Ann Patchett
Dimensions:	201 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8041-7009-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > General Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	0-8041-7009-6
Barcode:	9780804170093

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