A Day at the Beach
by Geoffrey Wolff
Buy on AmazonWith these interwoven autobiographical essays, Geoffrey Wolff, author of the acclaimed The Duke of Deception, recounts the moral (and immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and father, as he offers his spirited, elegant, and deeply felt observations on an extraordinary life: from wildly dysfunctional childhood Christmases to a concupiscent career teaching literature in Istanbul; from a victory over the chaos of drink to a life-affirming surrender to the majesty of the Matterhorn; and from a foundering friendship to the transcending love of family.…
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"I’m a big fan of all of Wolff’s work, but this is the best book of essays I know. I’ve become a very convincing bookseller, and I plan to sell the hell out of this one."
By the Book: Ann Patchett · nytimes.com