Moehringer s mother had walked away from his volatile, violent father, when j. As an elementary student in the small town of manhassett on long island, new york, moehringer grew up. Moehringers memoir, the tender bar, was published in 2005. In 2000 he won the pulitzer prize for newspaper feature writing. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. After retired tennis star andre agassi read the tender bar, he asked moehringer to collaborate with him on his own memoir. He was the winner of the pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, and a pulitzer finalist for feature writing in 1998 for his magazine piece resurrecting the champ, an article which was recently adapted for a film starring samuel l. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Moehringer is the bestselling author of the tender bar. Pulling this excerpt from page 335 of this 416 page book, i feel, allows me to use the authors own words to. Moehringer, a pulitzer prize winning journalist, had previously written the autobiography of his first 25 years, the tender bar. This is a model of the solar system, as constructed by the soused denizens of.
A classic american story of selfinvention and escape, of the fierce love between a single mother and an only son, its also a moving. Nov 03, 2014 in jr moehringers marvelous 2005 memoir the tender bar, the local bar is alive, well, and treated with the nostalgia many reserve for their childhood homes or a favorite vacation spot. This fictionalized account of the life of the once famous willie sutton, the babe ruth of bank robbers, is vivid and poignant, comic, fastpaced and factstudded, and a story of doomed love. Time and again the bar offered shelter from failure, rejection, heartbreak and, eventually, reality. Moving and funny, this is a wonderful memoir of the author s early years. In the rich tradition of bestselling memoirs about selfinvention, the tender bar is by turns riveting, moving, and achingly funny. Moehringer lovingly and affectingly toasts a boyhood spent on a barstool. Moehringer interviewed on wnyc in september, talking about his childhood, growing up without a father and passing time in the bar down the road in manhasset, long island where his uncle worked. John burnham schwartz, author of reservation road and the commoner. Moehringer is a former nieman fellow at harvard university. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Moehringer has found an historical subject equal to his vivid imagination, gimlet journalistic eye, and pitchperfect ear for dialogue. This is a model of the solar system, as constructed by the soused denizens of a nowlegendary bar in manhasset, n.
Journalist and author of the tender bar 2005 and sutton 2012. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are j. The tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. Moehringer may 24, 2012 by jesse kornbluth 3 comments my father was a man of many talents, but his one true genius was disappearing. During a lifelong criminal career, sutton stole more than two million dollars and cashed in on the urban legend that he robbed banks because, thats where.
One of the books funnier moments comes when two of mr. Moehringers mother had walked away from his volatile, violent father, when j. Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. Moehringer s memoir, the tender bar, as a gift from someone who knew i was a reader of the underground writer charles bukowski 1920 1994 whose novels and poems deal with hard drinking in squalid flats, poverty, horseracing, and exploits with women.
We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Moehringer, plus links to a book excerpt from the tender bar and author biography of j. Moehringers many mentors realize, in horror, that the kid has never read it. Moehringers book is a homage to the culture of the local pub. Where sutton was historical fiction this title is autobiographical. Vanity fair in his gimleteyed memoir, the tender bar, j. Their saloon community later provided a retreat for the author following a disastrous collegiate love affair and failure as a new york times copyboy. It is simple, deep, and honest and even sometimes breathtaking in its earnestness to capture what makes us human, tender, fallible, and whole. Several people suggested that i read the tender bar so was expecting another enjoyable book. The place is manhasset, a small commuter town on the western end of long island, the bar, publicans. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. Whether for a wedding or funeral, peoplemostly men but also womenwould congregate there. In the prologue, the author writes that the tender bar was a site for emotional connection. In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs, the tender bar is suspenseful, wrenching, and achingly funny. Oct 12, 2006 the bar offered shelter from failure, from rejection, and eventually from reality, until at last the bar turned jr away. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Moehringer was born in new york city and was raised by a single mother in manhasset, new york and, later, in scottsdale, arizona. I have had a paperback copy for a year or so, but finally got around to listening to it a download from the local library, while im here in minneapolis taking care of my parents who are in their 80s.
The bar offered shelter from failure, from rejection, and eventually from reality, until at last the bar turned jr away. Moehringer is currently considered a single author. Moehringer author of the tender bar and coauthor of andre agassis memoir, open stopped by our seattle campus to talk about his interest in willie sutton, his distrust of bankers, his. By turns suspenseful, funny, romantic, and sadin short, a book you wont be able to put down. Moehringer as the man who cowrote the book with him. The new york times bestseller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. Moehringers memoir, the tender bar, as a gift from someone who knew i was a reader of the underground writer charles bukowski 1920 1994 whose novels and poems deal with hard drinking in squalid flats, poverty, horseracing, and exploits with women. I would know these characters if i ran into them anywhere. Moving and funny, this is a wonderful memoir of the authors early years. Inspired by agassis ringing recommendation of the tender bar, i decided to take a chance on it. Moehringer, a gifted reporter and the author of a wellregarded memoir, the tender bar, often establishes his novels atmosphere journalistically, through shorthand context and data. He graduated from saguaro high school in scottsdale in 1982. Moehringer tells a story about relationships and about what is worth wanting and all that is in between.
The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by j. Nov 04, 2012 moehringer, a gifted reporter and the author of a wellregarded memoir, the tender bar, often establishes his novels atmosphere journalistically, through shorthand context and data. Moehringer born december 7, 1964 is an american novelist and journalist. Guy adopts a bar and tells about it the new york times. Moehringers sutton was the first book i read this year and i thought it was wonderful. A 1986 graduate of yale university, moehringer began his journalism career as a news assistant at the new york times. Discover book depositorys huge selection of j r moehringer books online. Moehringer captures in all its raunchy, often hilarious glory the conversations of these master storytellers, as intoxicated by words as by alcohol. The tender bar by j r moehringer, 97814084838, available at book depository with free delivery.
A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Moehringers bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Moehringer, thank you for writing your book the tender bar. As an elementary student in the small town of manhassett on long island, new york, moehringer grew up without any male role models. But more than anything else, moehringers book is a homage to the culture of the local pub. It was one of those books that just showed up in my house one day and knocked around until i. Free download or read online the tender bar pdf epub book. It was the voice of his father, a new york city disc jockey who vanished before j.
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