The Tender Bar
The bestselling memoir that captured the hearts of readers and critics nationwide is now available in paperbackIn the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club, J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar is a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his...
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The bestselling memoir that captured the hearts of readers and critics nationwide is now available in paperbackIn the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club, J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar is a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. A national bestseller that was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2005 by the New York Times, The Tender Bar will reach an even larger audience in paperback.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786888764 (0786888768)
ASIN: 786888768
Publish date: August 1st 2006
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Biography Memoir,
New York
Mr. Moehringer’s “Sutton” was the first book I read this year and I thought it was wonderful. Several people suggested that I read “The Tender Bar” so was expecting another enjoyable book. I was not disappointed. Where “Sutton” was historical fiction this title is autobiographical. Suffice it t...
After a slow start (partly because the first two c/d's were in terrible shape and skipped around so much that all I ended up hearing was men, unintelligible, men, unintelligible, men) I did end up enjoying this memoir about growing up in a fairly dysfunctional family, the author's quest to find suit...
After reading the first couple of pages, I was worried The Tender Bar would not be my cup of tea. I usually don't like memoirs about boys and men. Typically these tales center too much on sexual exploits and violent episodes for my liking.But as I read along, I grew to love The Tender Bar more and m...