{"product_id":"townie-a-memoir-9780393340679","title":"Townie: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and everyday violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between town and gown, between the hard drinking, drugging, and fighting of \"townies\" and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn't have been more stark. In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others--bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDubus, Andre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAndre Dubus III\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eGone So Long\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirty Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Last Days\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHouse of Sand and Fog\u003c\/em\u003e (a #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, Oprah's Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003cem\u003eTownie\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives with his family north of Boston.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613447393554,"sku":"9780393340679","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da451c70-7b9d-41c8-821f-7528aa6a11e6.jpg?v=1732401903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/townie-a-memoir-9780393340679","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}