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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Apr 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Retail Price: $15.00
Pages: 288
Hailed by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times as 'extraordinary,' Apples and Oranges asks a universal question: how can two people from the same family turn out so entirely different? Brenner's brother, Carl, lives in the apple country of Washington state, cultivating his orchards, polishing his guns, and attending church, while Marie, a world-class journalist and bestselling author, leads a sophisticated life among the 'New York libs' whom he loathes. In this affecting family saga, Brenner investigates their contentious history, and discovers how inspiring it can be to turn a brother into an ally. Honest, funny, and true, Apples and Oranges 'grabs the problem of sibling rivalry by the throat...exposing the sweetness at the core of an embattled love' (O magazine).