End of Boys (eBook)

Peter Brown Hoffmeister (Autor)

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2011
226 Seiten
Soft Skull Press (Verlag)
978-1-59376-458-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A powerful memoir ';about a difficult childhood... tough stuff, honest and real' (The Oregonian). Peter Hoffmeister was a nervous child who ran away repeatedly and bit his fingernails until they bled. Home-schooled until the age of fourteen, he had only to deal with his parents and siblings on a daily basis, yet even that sometimes proved too much for him. Over the years, he watched his mother disintegrate into her own form of mania, while his fathera scholar and doctor who had once played semi-pro baseballwas strict and pushed Peter particularly hard. He wanted only the best from his son, but in the process taught Peter to expect only the worst from himself. In the midst of his chaotic home life, Peter began to hear a voicean insistent, monotone that would periodically dictate his actions. When Peter finally entered public school he started to break free from his father's controlonly to fall sway to the voice more and more. His obsessive-compulsive behavior morphed into ruthless competition in sports and, ultimately, into lies, violence, and drugs. The End of Boysfollows Hoffmeister to the very brink of sanity and back, in a harrowing and heartbreaking account of the trauma of adolescence and the redemption available to us all, if only we choose to find it. ';Peter Brown Hoffmeister calls every sense into play, providing rich imagery, grounded reflection, and the tension inherent in a coming-of-age tale in which drugs, violence, and a genetic tendency toward OCD conspire.' Los Angeles Review ';The End of Boystakes no prisoners with its gritty, entrancing realism... a chilling and captivating read... a voice that is refreshingly new.' Eugene Weekly

Autor

Peter Brown Hoffmeister is a writer, teacher, and rock climber. He lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife and two daughters. This is his first book.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Angst / Depression / Zwang
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Schlagworte: author from oregon • book about growning up with mental health issues • book about mental health • brown hoffmeister • eugene author • fearless guide to talkign to our kids into the gread outdoors • graphic the valley • let them be eaten by bears • memoir about dysfunctional family • memoir about growing up with mental health issues • memoir about mental health • mental health memoir • oregon author • Peter Brown • peter hoffmiester • peter hofmeister • rock climber author • this is the part where you laugh
• ISBN-10: 1-59376-458-8 / 1593764588
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59376-458-6 / 9781593764586