Andre Dubus III, the second eldest child of four siblings, recalls the pivotal point in his past when his father left his mother in 1968. The memoir begins in the rundown mill town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Townie has been called “a stormy and courageous memoir” by The New Yorker and “shocking, necessary, and indispensable ” by NPR. The memoir touches on themes of adolescence, poverty, violence, divorce, fatherhood, self-expression, authorship, and urban American identity. Later, reconciling the clash between brains and brawn, Andre cathartically escapes his violent past through empathetic storytelling. Describing his formative years as a bullied, impoverished, drug and alcohol addicted teenager heading down a destructive path following his parents’ divorce, Andre ultimately finds refuge in learning how to fight. Set in the mill town of Haverhill, Massachusetts during the 1970s, Andre recounts his time growing up and coming of age as the son of acclaimed writer and professor, Andre Dubus II. Townie is the 2011 memoir written by American novelist Andre Dubus III.
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