{"product_id":"the-boys-of-my-youth-9780316085250","title":"The Boys of My Youth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe utterly compelling, uncommonly beautiful collection of personal essays (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e) that established Jo Ann Beard as one of the leading writers of her generation. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCousins, mothers, sisters, dolls, dogs, best friends: these are the fixed points in Jo Ann Beard's universe, the constants that remain when the boys of her youth -- and then men who replace them -- are gone. This widely praised collection of autobiographical essays summons back, with astonishing grace and power, moments of childhood epiphany as well as the cataclysms of adult life: betrayal, divorce, death. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boys of My Youth\u003c\/i\u003e heralded the arrival of an immensely gifted and influential writer and its essays remain surprising, original, and affecting today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous, funny, heartbreaking book of essays about life and its defining moments. --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-21811\"\u003eJo Ann Beard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316085250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316085251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Ann Beard is also the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eIn Zanesville\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Whiting Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832974540939,"sku":"9780316085250","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_977c25a2-9ed6-494d-bd06-51401fb460b8.jpg?v=1755628399","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-boys-of-my-youth-9780316085250","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}