We were brothers : a memoir / Barry Moser.
Record details
- ISBN: 1616204133
- ISBN: 9781616204136
- ISBN: 1616204133 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781616204136
- ISBN: 1616204133
- Physical Description: 186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Preeminent illustrator Barry Moser renders the memories of his youth--in luminous drawings and candid prose--on his quest to understand how he and his identically raised brother could have become such very different men. Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents, were raised in the same small Tennessee community where they slept in the same bedroom and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. From attitudes about race, to food, politics, and money, the brothers began to think so differently that they could no longer find common ground, no longer knew how to talk to each other, and for years there was more strife between them than affection. When Barry was in his late fifties and Tommy in his early sixties, their fragile brotherhood reached a tipping point and blew apart. From that day forward they did not speak. But fortunately, their story does not end there. With the raw emotions that so often surface when we talk of our siblings, Barry recalls why and how they were finally able to traverse that great divide and reconcile their kinship before it was too late. Featuring Moser's stunning drawings, especially commissioned for the book, this powerful true story captures the essence of sibling relationships--all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings"--Provided by publisher. |
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We Were Brothers : A Memoir
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We Were Brothers : A Memoir
"Barry Moser writes about the savagery of racism and the savagery between brothers with thoughtful introspection. In his efforts to understand both what he did and what was done to him, he has given us a beautiful and deeply compassionate examination of life." --Ann Patchett, author of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Preeminent artist Barry Moser and his brother, Tommy, were born of the same parents, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. For nearly forty years, there was more strife between them than affection. When Barry was in his late fifties and Tommy in his early sixties, after one particularly fractious conversation, their fragile relationship fell apart. With the raw emotions that so often surface when we talk about our siblings, Moser recalls how they were finally able to traverse that great divide and reconcile their troubled brotherhood before it was too late. Including fifteen of Moser's stunning drawings, We Were Brothers is a powerful story of reunion told with candor and regret that captures the essence of sibling relationships. "This boyhood memoir reveals much more than it ever explicitly states, with its tight focus on boyhood, brotherhood, estrangement, and reconciliation . . . With masterful narrative control, Moser reveals the narrowness of perspective as well as the limitations of memory." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Barry Moser is a delightful storyteller--his descriptions of the time and place of his childhood are as vivid as his wonderful famed drawings." --Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life "The wrenching and redeeming story of brothers who take different paths and yet ultimately find their ways back to each other . . . is sad, moving, and joyful all at the same time." --Andrew Hudgins, author of The Joker