I think one of the reasons I love books so much is that it appeals to a compassion I have for people. Like in life, I find myself finding all the ways I relate to the people I read about, fictional or non. This book was no different. Last Fall a friend loaned me The Tender Bar : A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer. At the time I read half and then stopped reading for months, as I often do (but not normally mid book). I decided to finish reading it this weekend and it was such a great read! I immediately related to the writer as a child growing up with an absent (or barely there) father. This book is filled with wonderful stories and tributes. It is very(!) well written, incredibly witty, and evokes a wide range of emotion.
Synopsis:
"In 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.
J.R. Moehringer , winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Denver, Colorado."
This is one I totally want to read.
Posted by: Kate | January 29, 2008 at 05:45 PM