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Alexandra Styron's parents-the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sophie's Choice and his political activist wife, Rose-were, for half a century, leading players on the world's cultural stage. Alexandra was raised under both the halo of her father's brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind. From Styron's youth and precocious literary debut to the triumphs of his best-known books and on through his spiral into depression, Reading My Father portrays the epic sweep of an American artist's life. It is also a tale of filial love, beautifully written with humor, compassion, and grace.

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A memoir perfect not just for general audio collections, but for any interested in literature and literary biographies. -- California Bookwatch A multi-dimensional, continually fascinating portrait of William Styron's life. -- The Washington Post A memoir perfect not just for general audio collections, but for any interested in literature and literary biographies. California Bookwatch A multi-dimensional, continually fascinating portrait of William Styron s life. The Washington Post [Styron] draws subtle comparisons to other giants of her father s literary fraternity pugnacious, capricious, and sometimes cruel men like Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller to outline the question at the heart of her reflection: Is his art enough of an excuse? The memoir s eloquent prose and fluid structure suggest his talent may be hereditary. A Entertainment Weekly

A multi-dimensional, continually fascinating portrait of William Styron's life. -- The Washington Post

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Alexandra Styron is the author of the bestselling memoir Reading My Father and All the Finest Girls, a novel. Her work has appeared in several anthologies as well as in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. Alexandra Styron is the author of the bestselling memoir Reading My Father and All the Finest Girls, a novel. Her work has appeared in several anthologies as well as in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair, among other publications.

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