“In this graceful memoir of her life as the youngest daughter of famous author William Styron (Sophie’s Choice, Darkness Visible, The Confessions of Nat Turner), Alexandra Styron delicately introduces us to her father within his family and private life. Careful not to disgrace or over-reveal this legend of the literary world, the younger Styron brings us gently into the dynamics of a family overshadowed by intense creative genius and wrapped in the sadness and horrors of unipolar depression. With her child’s eye view, and later, after having read her father’s letters and unfinished manuscripts, she offers a special understanding of him.”—Linda, Grass Roots Books & Music, Corvallis. Buy Reading My Father from Grass Roots Books & Music.
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Reading My Father: A Memoir by Alexandra Styron
August 11, 2011