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The Same River Twice : A Memoir by Chris Offutt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Same River Twice : A Memoir about?

From the critically acclaimed author of the novel The Good Brother and memoir My Father the Pornographer , Same River Twice is the second volume from an American literary star. "If you haven't read Chris Offutt, you've missed an accomplished and compelling writer" ( Chicago Tribune ). At the age of nineteen, Chris Offutt had already been rejected by the army, the Peace Corps, the park rangers, and the police. So he left his home in the Kentucky Appalachians and thumbed his way north—into a series of odd jobs and even stranger encounters with his fellow Americans. Fifteen years later, Offutt finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be: settled down with a pregnant wife. Writing from the banks of the Iowa River, where he came to rest, he intersperses the story of his youthful journeys with that of his journey to fatherhood in a memoir that is uniquely candid, occasionally brutal, and often wonderfully funny. As he reckons with the comforts and terrors of maturity, Offutt finally discovers what is best in life and in himself.

Who reads The Same River Twice : A Memoir?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Chris Offutt
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd, HarperCollins Distribution Services [distributor],. Jonathan Ball Publishers SA [distributor],. Simon & Schuster Ltd,Australia [distributor],. HarperCollins New Zealand [distributor
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9780743229494
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Memoir, Literary Criticism, History
Rating
3.95 / 5 (322 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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