Between Them - Ford, Richard
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Richard Ford's parents?Edna, a feisty, pretty Catholic-school girl with a difficult past; and Parker, a sweet-natured, soft-spoken traveling salesman?were rural Arkansans born at the turn of the twentieth century. Married in 1928, they lived ?alone together? on the road, traveling throughout the south. Eventually they had Richard, born in 1944. For Ford, the questions of what his parents dreamed of?how they loved each other and loved him?become a striking portrait of American life in the mid-century. Bringing his celebrated candor, wit, and intelligence to this most intimate and mysterious of…mehr

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Richard Ford's parents?Edna, a feisty, pretty Catholic-school girl with a difficult past; and Parker, a sweet-natured, soft-spoken traveling salesman?were rural Arkansans born at the turn of the twentieth century. Married in 1928, they lived ?alone together? on the road, traveling throughout the south. Eventually they had Richard, born in 1944. For Ford, the questions of what his parents dreamed of?how they loved each other and loved him?become a striking portrait of American life in the mid-century. Bringing his celebrated candor, wit, and intelligence to this most intimate and mysterious of landscapes?our parents' lives?the award-winning storyteller delivers an unforgettable exploration of memory, intimacy, and love.
Autorenporträt
Richard Ford is the author of The Sportswriter; Independence Day, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award; The Lay of the Land; and the New York Times bestseller Canada. His short story collections include the bestseller Let Me Be Frank With You, Sorry for Your Trouble, Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins, which contain many widely anthologized stories. He lives in New Orleans with his wife Kristina Ford.
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"Affection and insightful...deep, attentive...In this slim beauty of a memoir, [Ford] has given us--the same way he has given us many times in his fiction--a remarkable story about two unremarkable people we would have never known, but for him." Cheryl Strayed, New York Times Book Review