A Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews

A Childhood: The Biography of a Place

Harry Crews with Michael McCurdy

192 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
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Born the son of a Georgia sharecropper and raised during the Depression, Crews recreates the world of his youth with tales of his friends and relatives, some amusing, some violent and tragic 

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Moods

dark 83%
challenging 66%
emotional 50%
adventurous 33%
sad 33%
funny 16%
reflective 16%
tense 16%

Pace

fast 40%
medium 40%
slow 20%

Average rating

4.27

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