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Tobias Wolff · 1989
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What this book knows
A boy forges a false self to survive an abusive stepfather, learning that identity is both desperate invention and slow reckoning.
self-and-identity
I was a liar. I couldn't help but try to introduce new versions of myself as my interests changed, and as other versions failed to persuade.
TBL-005I would go East to a noble school where I would earn good marks and be welcomed into the great world that was my desire and my right.
TBL-009obedience-and-authority
Dwight leaned across the table and slapped my face. He didn't swing hard but the slap was loud.
TBL-008Dwight had me approach him nonchalantly, say 'Hello,' and then kick or swing. At first I was afraid he would use these maneuvers as an excuse to cream me.
TBL-006trauma-and-survival
Dwight trailed her there and tried to strangle her. While this went on I sat reading, languidly pretending to believe strange noises came from cats.
TBL-002It was 1955 and we were driving from Florida to Utah, to get away from a man my mother was afraid of and to change our luck.
TBL-015Illuminates
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