Ghost Light A Memoir

Name: Ghost Light A Memoir
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ISBN: 9780375758249

ISBN-10: 0375758240

ISBN-13: 9780375758249

Edition: N/A

Authors: Frank Rich

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There is a superstition that if an emptied theater is ever left completely dark, a ghost will take up residence. To prevent this, a single "ghost light" is left burning at center stage after the audience and all of the actors and musicians have gone home. Frank Rich's eloquent and moving boyhood memoir reveals how theater itself became a ghost light and a beacon of security for a child finding his way in a tumultuous world. Rich grew up in the small-townish Washington, D.C., of the 1950s and early '60s, a place where conformity seemed the key to happiness for a young boy who always felt different. When Rich was seven years old, his parents separated--at a time when divorce was still…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.26" wide x 7.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Frank Rich served from 1980 to 1993 as the chief drama critic for The New York Times and since 1994 has been an op-ed columnist at the paper. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Alex Witchel.