A Step from Death: A Memoir

by Woiwode, Larry
ISBN: 9781582434698
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Overview

Larry Woiwode's literary fame began with his first novel, the 1969 classic What I'm Going to Do, I Think, and continued unabated through his brilliant 2000 memoir What I Think I Did. In this deeply affecting follow-up to the latter, Woiwode addresses his son as heir to his emotional interior. With vibrant wordcraft and a poetic sensibility, Woiwode begins his story by relating a near-death experience with a malfunctioning hay baler -- the kind of mistake that can kill a novice farmer. This episode is the first skein in a rich tapestry of memories, from colorful snippets of Woiwode's time in New York as a young writer working with the late, great William Maxwell, to his days as a young father, husband, and teacher trying to scrape enough together to buy a ranch in western North Dakota, and finally to the prospect of an empty nest and the step from death that he finds rapidly approaching.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Woiwode, Larry
  • ISBN: 9781582434698
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2009
Language: English

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