The Resource Riding with the ghost : a memoir, by Justin Taylor
Riding with the ghost : a memoir, by Justin Taylor
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The item Riding with the ghost : a memoir, by Justin Taylor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Newburyport Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "When Justin Taylor was thirty, his father, Larry, drove to the top of an airport parking garage to take his own life. Thanks to the intervention of family members, he was not successful, but the incident would forever transform how Justin thinks of his father, and how he thinks of himself as a son. Moving both backward and forward in time from that day, this book captures the past's power to shape, strengthen, and distort our visions of ourselves and each other. We see Larry as the middle child in a chilly Long Island family; as a beloved Little League coach who listens to kids with patience and curiosity; as an unemployed father struggling to keep his marriage together while battling long-term illness and depression. At the same time, this book explores how the work of confronting a family member's story forces a reckoning with your own. We see Justin as a teacher, modeling himself after his dad's best qualities; as a caregiver, attempting to provide his father with emotional and financial support, but not always succeeding; as a new husband, with a dawning awareness of his own depressive tendencies. With raw intimacy, this book lays bare the joys and burdens of loving a troubled family member. It's a memoir about fathers and sons, teachers and students, faith and illness, and the complicated legacy that each generation hands down to the next"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Riding with the ghost : a memoir
- Title
- Riding with the ghost
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- by Justin Taylor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Justin Taylor was thirty, his father, Larry, drove to the top of an airport parking garage to take his own life. Thanks to the intervention of family members, he was not successful, but the incident would forever transform how Justin thinks of his father, and how he thinks of himself as a son. Moving both backward and forward in time from that day, this book captures the past's power to shape, strengthen, and distort our visions of ourselves and each other. We see Larry as the middle child in a chilly Long Island family; as a beloved Little League coach who listens to kids with patience and curiosity; as an unemployed father struggling to keep his marriage together while battling long-term illness and depression. At the same time, this book explores how the work of confronting a family member's story forces a reckoning with your own. We see Justin as a teacher, modeling himself after his dad's best qualities; as a caregiver, attempting to provide his father with emotional and financial support, but not always succeeding; as a new husband, with a dawning awareness of his own depressive tendencies. With raw intimacy, this book lays bare the joys and burdens of loving a troubled family member. It's a memoir about fathers and sons, teachers and students, faith and illness, and the complicated legacy that each generation hands down to the next"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Taylor, Justin
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3620.A9466
- LC item number
- Z46 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Taylor, Justin
- Authors, American
- Authors, American
- Fathers and sons
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood
- Label
- Riding with the ghost : a memoir, by Justin Taylor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1125358009
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593129296
- Lccn
- 2019041738
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1125358009
- Label
- Riding with the ghost : a memoir, by Justin Taylor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1125358009
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593129296
- Lccn
- 2019041738
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1125358009
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