| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Townie | 2011 | Andre Dubus III | Buy |
Andre Dubus III’s non-fiction draws from his difficult upbringing in the mill towns of Massachusetts. Townie (2011) recounts his childhood in Haverhill after his parents’ divorce, covering street fights, poverty, his complicated relationship with his father, and how he eventually discovered writing.
Townie (2011) is a memoir about growing up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a declining mill town where Dubus lived with his mother after his parents divorced. The book describes street violence, poverty, and how he eventually found writing.
Yes, the working-class settings and characters struggling with violence and addiction in books like House of Sand and Fog draw directly from the experiences he describes in the memoir.
Townie became a New York Times bestseller and helped Dubus win the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.
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