{"product_id":"9781416591818","title":"Reading My Father","description":"Author: Styron, Alexandra\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781416591818\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 8 inches x 5.25 inches x 0.9 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, the format for memoir, the story of a daughter coming to know her father at last—“ardent, sophisticated, and entirely winning…this is a grown up memoir…taut and true” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n PART MEMOIR AND PART ELEGY, \u003ci\u003eReading My Father \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a daughter coming to know her father at last. “A natural writer, fluid, and engaging” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Alexandra Styron grew up in Connecticut and on Martha’s Vineyard, where her family’s vibrant social life included writers, presidents, and entertainers. She was raised under both the halo of her father’s brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind. William Styron, a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, was a fascinating and difficult man whose own memoir, \u003ci\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e, searingly chronicled his midlife battle with major depression. “By turns brilliant and shocking” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eReading My Father \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of a daughter’s love and her own coming-of-age, beautifully written, with humor, understanding, and grace.","brand":"To order - ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42545099538590,"sku":"HPC-9781416591818","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781416591818.jpg?v=1681443395","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781416591818","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}