Woodholme : Growing up Alone

Name: Woodholme : Growing up Alone
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ISBN: 9780374292836

ISBN-10: 0374292833

ISBN-13: 9780374292836

Edition: N/A

Authors: DeWayne Wickham

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DeWayne Wickham was just eight years old when his father murdered his mother and then killed himself. Woodholme is his poignant memoir about growing up haunted by this traumatic event, and how he eventually overcame the reality of their loss. A troublemaker in school who nearly ended up in jail, DeWayne found a home among the black caddies at an all-white Jewish country club in suburban Baltimore - Woodholme - an oasis from the strife of the civil rights era and his own problem-plagued life. The encounters he had there helped him to accept responsibility as an unwed seventeen-year-old father, and finally to come to terms with the death of his parents. Gracefully written and wryly humorous,…

Book details

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English