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Jan 1, 1989 · This Boy's Life is a memoir about the author Tobias Wolff. Although, for most of this book he picks a different name-- Jack. I immediately got swept up in the life of Jack and his mother as they leave place after place, boyfriend after boyfriend.
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by Tobias Wolff about his childhood in the American Northwest in the 1950s, published in January 1989 by The Atlantic Monthly Press. The book was adapted into a film of the same name.
This Boy's Life (titled onscreen as This Boy's Life: A True Story) is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Ellen Barkin.
- This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff
- Fitch Cady, Art Linson
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989) and In Pharaoh's Army (1994).
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- Catherine Dolores Spohn (m. 1975; 3 children)
Dec 17, 2019 · by Tobias Wolff (Author) 4.6 175 ratings. See all formats and editions. “A classic of the genre.”―New York Times. The 30th anniversary edition of Tobias Wolff's "extraordinary memoir" (SF Chronicle), now with a new introduction by the author.
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Dec 1, 2007 · This Boy's Life: A Memoir. Tobias Wolff. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., Dec 1, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 308 pages. The PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author recounts coming of age in 1950s...
His memoir, This Boy's Life (Grove Press, 1989), tells the story of his early days in the 1950s—moving with his mother from Florida to Utah to Washington state—and his rough years as a young adult at the hands of an abusive stepfather in a small town north of Seattle.
