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Rent The Tender Bar: A Memoir
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Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published: Aug 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Retail Price: $18.99
Pages: 384
Synopsis
This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer spotlights the somewhat unorthodox location that served as his refuge in childhood and early adulthood. After Moehringer’s mother left his abusive, alcoholic DJ father, the two lived with his grandparents in Manhasset, Long Island. As his grandfather was not a terribly sterling individual, either, Moehringer needed to look elsewhere for father figures, and he found them in the habitu's at the local bar where his Uncle Charlie worked as a bartender.
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Reviews
I loved this book and coming of age tale. If you get offended by some off-color language and drinking, then I wouldn't read it. But, I think it's great. I found myself comparing the characters to friends of my family or my husband. As a mother of a boy, I liked his conclusion about how is mom possessed all of the strong qualities he had been looking for in the men in his life.
I recommend this book to everyone. The writing is beautiful. The story is so ordinary but it stays with you a long time.
One of the best I've read in a long time. As a single parent, I empathized with his mother and the difficult time she had. I also could not help but see comparisons with my son, also an only child with an alcoholic father. What a truly excellent book.
This book was great. I didn't know really what it was about before I read it. The characters are memorable and the stories are good. I would recommend it.
I give this book ********. The writing was excellent and the story captivating.