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The Tender Bar
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From library book sale:
The fatherless author's coming of age with the help of the men who frequented a certain bar.
Begins:
We went there for everything we needed. We went there when thirsty, or course, and when hungry, and when dead tired. We went there when happy, to celebrate, and when sad, to sulk. We went there after weddings and funerals, for something to settle our nerves, and always for a shot of courage just before. We went there when we didn't know wht we needed, hoping, someone might tell us. We went there when looking for love, or sex, or trouble, or for someone who had gone missing, because sooner or later everyone turned up there. Most of all we went there when we needed to be found.
11-29-07 I am very happy I read this book, particularly since there is currently a thread about bad books. This one is not a bad book -- far from it. A memoir, it's real is so many ways, as well as being affecting and well-written. -- And much more than what I wrote above before I actually read it. The author did learn a lot from the men at the bar, by listening to their advice, opinions, life experiences, stories and so on. However, he seems to have taken the best of what he found there and left what was far from the best there.
This is a very mature work, complex and on in which the author bares his heart and gives us a view into his own soul.
Well done, Mr. Moehringer, well done.
The fatherless author's coming of age with the help of the men who frequented a certain bar.
Begins:
We went there for everything we needed. We went there when thirsty, or course, and when hungry, and when dead tired. We went there when happy, to celebrate, and when sad, to sulk. We went there after weddings and funerals, for something to settle our nerves, and always for a shot of courage just before. We went there when we didn't know wht we needed, hoping, someone might tell us. We went there when looking for love, or sex, or trouble, or for someone who had gone missing, because sooner or later everyone turned up there. Most of all we went there when we needed to be found.
11-29-07 I am very happy I read this book, particularly since there is currently a thread about bad books. This one is not a bad book -- far from it. A memoir, it's real is so many ways, as well as being affecting and well-written. -- And much more than what I wrote above before I actually read it. The author did learn a lot from the men at the bar, by listening to their advice, opinions, life experiences, stories and so on. However, he seems to have taken the best of what he found there and left what was far from the best there.
This is a very mature work, complex and on in which the author bares his heart and gives us a view into his own soul.
Well done, Mr. Moehringer, well done.
