Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son

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A well-known journalist explores the volatile relationship he shared with his father, acclaimed poet James Dickey, with whom he reconciled in 1994 after years of estrangement and in whose final sobriety he found love. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

Genres: MemoirBiographyNonfictionBiography MemoirSouthern GothicPsychologyHistoryAutobiography

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