Separating their generations-a conundrum of what the son wishes his still-damaged father could be, bound up with expectations no father can ever quite live up to. In this memoir Paul West retraces the lineaments of his youth, and leads us in twenty-five chiseled chapters on an odyssey of two lives which calculates the distance between those who survive war's devastation, and those who must bear its . My Father's War: A Memoir|Paul West, Era of excess: A social history of the Prohibition movement (Harper Colophon Books)|Andrew Sinclair, Rebuilding Somalia: Issues and Possibilities for Puntland|WSP Somali Program, The Lion's Share: A History /10(). Here, Paul West delivers in his 40th book an equally remarkable memoir of his father, Alfred, a half-blinded, shell-shocked veteran of three years of trench warfare during "The War to End All Wars." But the time recounted mostly concerns the years to , while ten-year-old Paul grows to fifteen.5/5(3).
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs. Belafonte grew up, poverty-ridden, in Harlem and Jamaica. Books. Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. This book takes us through Patrick's entire life, from his working-class childhood in West London to the difficult life he has led since prison, the roots of which go back to the wrongful convictions and the destruction of the family that followed. Patrick Maguire and the novelist Carlo Gébler have written 'My Father's Watch' jointly.
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