The River Less Run: A Memoir [Hardcover]

Tim McLaurin (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

McLaurin's second memoir, written almost 10 years after Keeper of the Moon (1991), finds the North Carolina writer smack-dab in middle age: he's a 45-year-old cancer survivor who has piled his brother, his two kids, and his mother into a Winnebago and set off west to see the Rocky Mountains. But this is no mere road trip re-creation; it's a series of funny, sad, always fascinating glimpses of a life that was often lived too close to the edge. As McLaurin moves west, he moves backward in time, telling us about his alcoholism, his writing, his relationships, and his children. Although not as dramatic or artfully crafted as Frank McCourt's memoirs, this book has a similar feel: a man looking back on a hard life and finding the joys in it. Here is a man who came closer to death than we care to imagine and who now values life more dearly than ever before. A candid, honestly written memoir sure to appeal to fans of the genre. David Pitt
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Down Home Pr; First edition. edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878086855
• ISBN-13: 978-1878086853
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,268,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)