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A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood
A Hole in the World An American Boyhood
Author: Richard Rhodes
When he first published A Hole in the World in 1990, Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Rhodes helped launch and legitimate a decade-long publishing phenomenon -- the memoir of abused childhood. In this tenth anniversary edition, Rhodes offers new reflections on the abuse he and his older brother endured at the hands of their terrorizing stepm...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671747251
ISBN-10: 0671747258
Publication Date: 10/1991
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Touchstone Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Heart-rending story of abuse and neglect. This is an autobiography of Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. After his mother's death, he and his brother are abused and neglected by his stepmother for years. He learns to forgive and move on with his life and becomes very successful.
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