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"Where did such longings reside in us, passed on through blood or stories? It seemed to me then, hearing his words, that a father's life is a boy's first story." --from Cures for Hunger At once an extraordinary family story and a highly unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, Cures for Hunger is a singular, deeply affecting memoir, by one of the most acclaimed young writers in the world today. "In Cures for Hunger, Deni Y. Bechard has created a moving story of rootlessness, rebellion, lost love, criminal daring, regret, and restless searching. Driven above all by the need to grasp his father's secrets, he has written his narrative in skillful, resonant prose graced with a subtle tone of obsession and longing." --Leonard Gardner, author of Fat City

Cures for Hunger

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Hardback by Deni Ellis Bechard

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"Where did such longings reside in us, passed on through blood or stories? It seemed to me then, hearing his... Read more

    Publisher: Milkweed Editions
    Publication Date: 28/06/2012
    ISBN13: 9781571313317, 978-1571313317
    ISBN10: 1571313311

    Number of Pages: 320

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    "Where did such longings reside in us, passed on through blood or stories? It seemed to me then, hearing his words, that a father's life is a boy's first story." --from Cures for Hunger At once an extraordinary family story and a highly unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, Cures for Hunger is a singular, deeply affecting memoir, by one of the most acclaimed young writers in the world today. "In Cures for Hunger, Deni Y. Bechard has created a moving story of rootlessness, rebellion, lost love, criminal daring, regret, and restless searching. Driven above all by the need to grasp his father's secrets, he has written his narrative in skillful, resonant prose graced with a subtle tone of obsession and longing." --Leonard Gardner, author of Fat City

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