dubus, andre

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Andre Dubus III recounts life after his father, the prominent author, left his mother for a younger woman, describes how he used physical violence to defend his family from acts of physical violence in the Massachusetts mill town where they lived, and discusses how his interest in writing helped him reconnect with his father.